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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE IV A.
| Disease. | Causes of Deaths in Wards. | Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths in Outlying Institutions. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River | Dockyard | St. Mary's | St. George's | St. Nicholas | Central | Glyndon | St. Margaret's | Herbert | Burrage | Eltham | ||||
| North | South | |||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 12 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa and Dysentery | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Enteritis | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Rheumatism | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 |
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
| Intermittent Fever and Malaria Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | .. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs ( Phthisis) | 4 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 53 | 16 |
| Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Alcoholism | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | 3 |
| Cancer | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 7 |
| Meningitis | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | .. | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | |
| Developmental Diseases | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Old Age | .. | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
| Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Organic Diseases of the Heart | 5 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 7 |
| Cerebral Hœmorrhage, Embolism and Thrombosis | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | .. | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| Apoplexy and Hemiplegia | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Other diseases of Blood Vessels and Heart | 1 | 7 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Acute Bronchitis | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. |
| Chronic Bronchitis | .. | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 |
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Lobular (Broncho) ,, | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .. | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory System | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Diseases of Stomach | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Obstruction of Intestines | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Other diseases of Digestive System | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Deaths by Accidents or Negilgence | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 |
| Deaths by Suicide or Homicide | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 |
| Deaths from ill-defined causes | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 7 |
| All other Diseases | •• | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| Totals | 50 | 205 | 141 | 147 | 136 | 235 | 99 | 144 | 166 | 94 | 133 | 87 | 245 | 171 |