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Woolwich 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE IV.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1910.

Disease.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Woolwich.Plumst'dEltham.Public Institutions in the Borough.Outlying Institutions.
All Ages.Male.Female.Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.Over 85.West.East.
Small-pox..................................................................
Measles211295133..............................11343......
Scarlet Fever13941461......1..................274......10
Typhus Fever..................................................................
Epidemic Influenza39172213............52497027141445...
Whooping Cough259161510.................................10942...1
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup532...5....................................32......4
Croup..................................................................
Enteric Fever11........................1..................1.........1
Asiatic Cholera..................................................................
Diarrhœa and Dysentery4...44....................................31......21
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis13103921........................1...22811...
Enteritis13948...............11.........2...553.........
Other Continued Fevers1...1..........................................1............
Erysipelas3211.....................11............21.........
Puerperal Fever3...3..................3..................21.........1
Other Septic Diseases121111...1.........32......11...523235
Syphilis7615.....................2............322...32
Rheumatism431...11............1...1............13.........
Gout211.................................1.........11......
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges1961321232...........................656211
Tuberculosis of Lungs (Phthisis)1337360...1...210...244118158......54443053811
Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum734312..................1.........2131...2
Other forms of Tuberculosis1713431331...22...2.........647...43
Alcoholism734.....................322.........331...5...
Cancer1004759......1.........3132431259...40401972418
Diabetes844.....................21131...12141...
Premature Birth51321951....................................21168671
Developmental Diseases603327572...1...........................202113666
Old Age894049..............................2145232733218316
Meningitis126643......1......21......1...354...21
Inflammation and Softening of Brain624..................1.........32...24......2...
Epilepsy633...............1211.........312...12
General Paralysis862..................1...33...1...52...1...5
Tabes Dorsalis and Locomotor Ataxia33.....................1...11.........2...1...1...
Peripheral Neuritis..................................................................
Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System2915141341......12l1213...11511234
Organic Diseases of the Heart1326765......25739920362813...455027102611
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Embolism and Thrombosis722844..................32422231531526229172
Apoplexy and Hemiplegia20713..................1133561963251
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels and Heart24186..................2232195...794434
Acute Bronchitis6020342211...1.........2247831925<4233
Chronic Bronchitis723834............11...3413281932028186203
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia11831.........1111132......4511...4
Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia4019211110...2...1111732119137122
Pneumonia492524292221348924123139493
Other Diseases of Respiratory System422..................1......1...2...13.........1
Diseases of Stomach826111............122.........242......2
Obstruction of Intestines143114............1...111321732243
Cirrhosis of Liver10610.....................4552......916...7...
Other Diseases of the Digestive System1073............111...3121...26...2...3
Nephritis and Bright's Disease431825...11.........1741496...1314115106
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs11..................1........................l.........
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition6...6..................42...............15......1...
Deaths by Accidents or Negligence3721106724...22622211199...496
Deaths by Suicide or Homicide871...1.........21...3...1......932122
Deaths from ill-defined causes9458........................1.........51211...
Aneurism761..................14...11......421...2...
Appendicitis33.........1.........1...1............3.........21
All other Diseases372710324121...455451111862912
Totals1410724686241104352526348112713120720116241496484319111272154