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Woolwich 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE V.

Comparative Table of Deaths during the years1896, 1897and1898,in the Urban Sanitary District of Woolwich, classified according to Diseases, distinguishing those under5years, and those over5years of age.

District.Year.Age.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 years of age.
Small Pox.Influenza.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Croup(nonSpasmodic).Whooping Cough.Continued Fevers.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Cholera.Rheumatic Fever.Erysipelas.Pyæmia.Puerperal Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart DiseaseInjuries, &c.All other Diseases.Total.Remarks.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Ill- defined.
Woolwich Dockyard1896Under 5......37311...4......113..................1321672182
5 upwds.......317...........................1......364020892210
1897Under 5......117...2.........13.....................23......70120
5 upwds....4...37.........1...3...21......1293021788197
1898Under 5......2921...11.........17..................128...577171
5 upwds....2314...1...3...2............114423161694211
Woolwich Arsenal1896Under 5...33137...17.........20......1.........130...587205
5 upwds....2126.........2...2...311......49322819134282
1897Under 5...1...315...6.........29......1.........134...18677
5 upwds....6...15.........2...2......1.........4834402194254
1898Under 5...32017...12.........18..................131...593191
5 upwds....6118.........5...1...21...1138393525133297
Total1896Under 5...468618...21......133......1.........262111159387
5 upwds....44313.........2...2...312......85724827226492
1897Under 5...11422...8.........42......1.........457...1156297
5 upwds....10...412.........3...5...22......177646128182451
1898Under 5...34938...23.........35..................259...10170362
5 upwds....84212...1...8...3...21...2282625141227508
Deaths occurring outside the District. amongst persons be longing thereto1896Under 5......156...............2...........................2925
5 upwds..........210...............1...211......3022171096167
1897Under 5.........210...1.........1..................11...1421
5 upwds....4...35.........2...3......1......1261616772156
1898Under 5......335...............4.....................2......320
5 upwds....1210.........6...2...1............24241219101201
Deaths occurring within the District amongst persons not belonging thereto1896Under 5.....................................................................
5 upwds....................................................31210319
1897Under 5...1............1..........................................13
5 upwds....................................................2...311925
1898Under 5..............................1.....................1......13
5 upwds..............................................1...32414832