Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table I.—Continued.
Cause of Death. | Ages. | Totals under 5 years. | Totals 5 years and upwards. | Grand Totals at all ages. | sub-district. | ||||||||||||
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Under 1 Year. | l to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 & upwards. | Dockyard. | Arsenal. | |||||
I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | |||||||||||||||||
1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Small Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Not Stated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 9 | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 16 | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 16 | 5 | 11 | |
Diphtheria | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
Simple, Continued, or Ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Influenza | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 11 | |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2.- Diarrhæal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 49 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 60 | 7 | 67 | 28 | 39 | |
3.—Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Cow Pox and Effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, | |||||||||||||||||
Splenic Fever) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
5. —Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of the Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6.—Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
Pyaemia and Septicæmia | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |