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Woolwich 1918
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1918
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TUBERCULOSIS.
54. Deaths. There were 225 deaths from Tuberculous disease,
giving a death-rate of 1.54, compared with 1.69, 1.68, 1.72, 1.48
and 1.41, in the five preceding years.
55. The following table gives the number of deaths from each
of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past 18 years and also
the deaths from simple Meningitis:-
Average .
| 1901 -5 | 1906 -10 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 20.0 | 22.8 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 10 |
| Simple Meningitis | 22.0 | 15.0 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum | 13.0 | 10.8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 20.8 | 22.2 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 9 |
| Phthisis | 192.0 | 151.4 | 146 | 124 | 182 | 163 | 201 | 167 | 172 | 194 |
56. The deaths from phthisis were 194, giving a death-rate of
1.32, compared with 1.42, 1.27, 1.49, 1.82, and 1.17 in the five
preceding years.
The rise and fall of the phthisis death-rate in recent
years has been parallel with that of bronchitis and pneumonia.
In each case 3/912 showed a minimum, and the three subsequent,years a marked rise. London had the highest death-rate since 1905.
| Deaths | Phthisis | Tuberculosis | Junes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-5 | 1896-1990 | 1901-5 | 106-10 | 111-15 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||||||
| No | .Rate | Aver. No.pr. year | Rate | Aver, No.pr. year | Rate | Aver No.pr. year | Rate | No | Rate | No | Rate | No | Rate | .. No, | Rate | |
| Woolwioh Parish | - | 2.80 | 92 | 2.23 | 89 | 2.15 | 56 | 1.46 | 65 | 1.70 | 63 | 1.88 | 55 | 1.64 | 59 | 1.76 |
| West) | 51 | 1.22 | 57 | 1.32 | 60 | 1.39 | 65 | 1.51 | ||||||||
| Plumstead ) | - | 1.78 | 92 | 1.42 | 97 | 1.34 | 87 | 1.20 | ||||||||
| East) | 39 | 1.20 | 31 | 0.86 | 41 | 1.04 | 44 | 1.32 | ||||||||
| Eltham Parish | ... | - | 9 | 1.28 | 6 | 0.63 | 8 | 0.64 | 9 | 0.58 | ,16 | 0.66 | 16 | 0.53 | 26 | 0.86 |
| The Borough London | — | - | 193 | 1.74 | 192 | 1.56 | 151 | 1.22 | 164 | l.28 | 1167 | l•22 | 172 | 1.17 | 194 | 1.32 |
| - | 1.88 | - | 1.80 | - | 1.57 | - 1-33 | _ | 1.37 | _ | 11.46 | - | 1.58 | - | 1.69 | ||