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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 XIV.
Weekly Deaths from various causes for the whole Borough, 1912, corrected for Public Institutions.
| Week ending | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Epidemic Influenza. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years). | Enteritis (under 2 years). | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Rheumatic Fever. | Tubercle of Lung & Acute Tuberculosis. | Other Tuberculous Diseases. | Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver, and Per. Neuritis. | Cancer and Sarcoma. | Bronchitis. | Broncho-Pneumonia. | Pneumonia. | Violence. | Suicide. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 13 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 27 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Feb. 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 10 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 17 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Mar. 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| 16 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 23 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 30 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1st Qtr. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 35 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| April 6 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 20 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 27 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| May 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 11 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 18 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 25 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| June 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 15 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2nd Qtr. | - | 22 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| July 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 27 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Aug. 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 10 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 24 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Sept. 7 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 3rd Qtr. | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 13 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Oct. 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 12 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 26 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Nov. 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 16 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 23 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dec. 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 14 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 21 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 28 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 4th Qtr. | - | 3 | - | 10 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Total for Year | 1 | 31 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 44 | 23 | 117 | 112 | 44 | 49 | 30 | 10 |