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 IVA.
Disease. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities, at all Ages in Wabds. | Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths in Outlying Institutions. | |||||||||||
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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 | '2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 13 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea and Dysentry | .. | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Enteritis | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Other continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Intermittent Fever and Malaria Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Lungs (Phthisis) | 8 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 41 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 17 |
Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 |
Alcoholism | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 |
Cancer | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 12 | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
Premature Births | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .. | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Developmental Diseases | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Old Age | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 4 |
Meningitis | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
.Inflamation and Softening of Brain | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
Organic Diseases of the Heart | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Embolism and Thrombosis | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
Apoplexy and Hemiplegia | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. |
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels and Heart | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Acute Bronchitis | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 7 | .. | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Chronic Bronchitis | .. | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia | 7 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | .. | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Other Diseases of Respiratory System | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diseases of Stomach | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
Obstruction of Intestines | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 |
Other Diseases of Digestive System | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Deaths by Accidents or Negligence | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
Deaths by Suicide or Homicide | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
Deaths from Ill-Defined Causes | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |
All other Diseases | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Totals | 71 | 193 | 159 | 121 | 143 | 319 | 87 | 165 | 161 | 98 | 123 | 123 | 221 | 169 |