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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE IV.-Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1912.
| Disease. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Woolwich. | Plumst'c | Eltham. | Residents in Outlying Institutions. | Public Institutions in Borough. Residents and Non-Residents. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 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 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 30 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Epidemic Influenza | 25 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | - | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Asiatic Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Enteritis | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Anterior Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Other Continued Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| Syphilis | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Gout | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs (Phthisis) | 124 | 88 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 48 | 31 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| Tuberculosis of Intestines & Peritoneum | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | 10 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 4 | - | 7 | 3 |
| Alcoholism | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Cancer | 119 | 63 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 41 | 20 | 18 | - | 32 | 38 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 31 |
| Diabetes | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | _ | - |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation (including Premature Birth) | 81 | 49 | 32 | 80 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| Old Age | 84 | 33 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | 44 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| Meningitis | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Epilepsv | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| General Paralysis | 16 | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 14 | - |
| Tabes Dorsalis and Locomotor Ataxia | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Peripheral Neuritis | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
| Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 31 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Organic Diseases of the Heart | 147 | 79 | 68 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 54 | 54 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 19 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Embolism and Thrombosis | 63 | 27 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| Apoplexy and Hemiplegia | 14 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | _ | 3 | - | 1 |
| Aneurism | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Other Diseases of Blood Vessels & Heart | 37 | 21 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | 112 | 54 | 58 | 21 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia | 44 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 52 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Diseases of Stomach | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 18 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 4 | 7 | - | 10 | 7 |
| Obstruction of Intestines | 12 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Other Diseases of the Digestive System | 10 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 57 | 37 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy Parturition | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Violence | 36 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Suicide | 10 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Ill-defined Diseases or Unknown | 31 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 40 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | 11 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| Total | 1420 | 787 | 633 | 201 | 68 | 51 | 30 | 24 | 40 | 26 | 82 | 123 | 135 | 234 | 187 | 167 | 52 | 488 | 471 | 343 118 | 214 | 292 | |