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Woolwich 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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88 in the Arsenal Sub-District. The corresponding figures in
1899 were 54 and 87 respectively.

Table: The deaths registered during the past nine years as arising from Tubercular causes were as follows :—

The deaths registered during the past nine years as arising from Tubercular causes were as follows :—

1892112
1893121
1894126
1895119
1896124
1897100
1898118
1899141
1900136

Table: By far the greater number of Deaths from Tubercular disease are due to Phthisis, as is shown by the following table :—

By far the greater number of Deaths from Tubercular disease are due to Phthisis, as is shown by the following table :—

Deaths fromDeaths from other
Phthisis.Tubercular Diseases.
1897.1898.1899.1900.1897.1898.1899.1900.
Dockyard District324543315161117
Arsenal District4939577114183017
Totals818410010219344134

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Of the total deaths from Tubercular diseases during 1900,
18 were of children under 5 years of age, and 118 of persons at
ages of 5 and upwards.
It will thus be seen that the total deaths from Phthisis for
1900 are the highest on record; other Tubercular diseases have
fallen from 41, which was their total last year, to 34.

Table: Phthisis Death-Rate per 1,000 living.

Phthisis Death-Rate per 1,000 living.

1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
Dockyard District1.91.62.32.21.6
Arsenal District2.22.21.72.53.1
Totals 2.11.92.02.42.4