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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Woolwich 1899

The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899

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Table: TABLE IV.Table of Deaths during the year1899,in the Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to Diseases, distinguishingthose under5years of age, and those over5years of age.

TABLE IV.

Table of Deaths during the year1899,in the Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to Diseases, distinguishing

those under5years of age, and those over5years of age.

District.Age.Mortality from subjoined causes distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 years.Remarks.
Small Pox.Influenza.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Croup (non-Spasmodic).Whooping Cough.Continued Fevers.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Cholera.Rheumatic Fever.Erysipelas.Pyaemia.Puerperal Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries, &c.All other Diseases.Totals.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Ill-Defined.
Woolwich DockyardUnder 5...14...6...4.........26......11.........29......57129
Over 515...21.........4...2...3......343382810106255
Woolwich ArsenalUnder 5...39211...8.........15..................4301694183
Over 5...12......3.........2...4...31...1...53702922135335
TotalsUnder 5...413217...12.........41......11......45916151312
Over 5...27...24.........6...6...61...4961085732241590
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging theretoUnder 5.........213...........................1.........21...726
Over 5...7...22.........3...1............245221111108214
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging theretoUnder 5...............................................................22
Over 5...................................................62...14629