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 IV.
Deaths at various ages, from different causes, corrected for Public Institutions inside and outsde the District.
Causes of Death. | Ages at Death. | In Sub-Districts. | In Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | All Ages. | West Plumstead | East Plumstead | ||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 11 | 32 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 9 | 37 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 8 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 16 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 8 | 19 | .. |
Diphtheria and Mem. Croup | .. | 14 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 7 | 17 | 20 |
Croup | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, Dysetery | 30 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 36 | 15 | 21 | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 20 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | 1 | .. | 25 | 1 | 24 | .. | |
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 8 | 2 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 5 | .. |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | 101 | 21 | 80 | 24 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 15 | 9 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 2 | 28 | 3 |