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]
This page requires JavaScript
Table I.—
Cause of Death. | Ages. | Totals under 5 years. | Totals 5 years and upwards. | Grand Totals at all ages. | sue-district. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 Year. | 1 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. | ||||
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
Thrush and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III.—Dietetic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk—Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 5 | .. |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Riokets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer, Malignant Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 22 | 22 | 9 | 13 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Tubercular Meningitis Hydrocephalus | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Phthisis | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 102 | 102 | 31 | 71 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 15 | 27 | 13 | 14 |
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anaemia, Chlorisis, Leucocythæemia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. |
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
V.—Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. | 20 | 6 | 14 |
Atelectasis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Congenital Malformation | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 12 | .. | 25 | 25 | 13 | 12 |