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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 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: The following table gives the Zymotic death rate in each parish during the past six years:-

The following table gives the Zymotic death rate in each parish during the past six years:-

1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
Woolwich3.81.611.741.082.691.32
Plumstead2.11.422.200.922.170.92
Eltham0.331.510.190.841.180.69
The Borough—1.511.880.962.21.0

Table: The following table gives particulars as to the cause of death :—

The following table gives particulars as to the cause of death :—

1.Natural Causes78
2.Accidental Causes:-
Burns10
Drowning5
Falls5
Fractures5
Run Over3
Suffocation, Overlaying8
Other accidental causes.15
51
3.Homicidal Causes : —
Suicide10
Murder and Manslaughter1
11
4.Found Drowned5
Total145

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The "Natural Causes" were 90 in 1904. The "Accidental
and Homicidal Causes" were 85 and 49 in the two preceding
years, compared with 59 last year. The deaths from Suffocation
or overlaying have been 2, 5, 10, 8 and 8 respectively in the last
five years ; and Homicides 22, 9, 20, 8 and 11 in the same years.