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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE IV.Table of Deaths during the year1898,in the Urban Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to Diseases, distinguishing those under5years of age, and those over5years of age

TABLE IV.

Table of Deaths during the year1898,in the Urban 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.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Cholera.Rheumatic Fever.Erysipelas.Pyæmia.Puerperal Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries, &c.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Ill- Defined.
Woolwich DockyardUnder 5......2921...11.........17..................128...577171
Over 5...2314...1...3...2............114433161694211
Woolwich ArsenalUnder 5...32017...12.........18..................131...593191
Over 5...6118.........5...1...21...1133393525133297
TotalUnder 5...34938...23.........35..................259...10170362
Over 5...84212...1...8...3...21...2282625141227508
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging theretoUnder 5......335...............4.....................2......320
Over 5...1...210.........6...2..................24241219101201
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging theretoUnder 5..............................1.....................1......13
Over 5.............................................1...32414832