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 1. —
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. | 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. | ||||
VII.—Deaths from Violence. | ||||||||||||||||
1.—Accident or Neglect. | ||||||||||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 11 |
Gunshot Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Burn, Scald | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Suffocation | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2.—Homicide. | ||||||||||||||||
Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Murder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3.—Suicide. | ||||||||||||||||
Gunshot Wounds | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
4.—Execution. | ||||||||||||||||
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
VIII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined but Non-Specified Causes. | ||||||||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 27 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | .. | 28 | 12 | 16 |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | 1 | .. |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | 1 |
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 |
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Grand Totals for Woolwich | 203 | 114 | 38 | 56 | 73 | 91 | 94 | 107 | 80 | 60 | 21 | 317 | 620 | 937 | 403 | 534 |