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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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INFLUENZA, BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA.
65. Influenza caused 25 deaths, compared with 30, 29,
36, 39, and 19, in the five preceding years. Bronchitis and
pneumonia caused 208 deaths, compared with 298, 228,
245, 232, and 200, in the five preceding years. The deaths from
these causes under five years were 70, compared with 86,
66, and 55, in the three preceding years.
TUBERCULOSIS.
66. Deaths. There were 165 deaths from tuberculous
disease, giving a death-rate of 1.34, compared with 1.65,
1.80, 1.68, 1.46, and 1.65, in the five preceding years.
67. The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past ten years, and also the deaths from simple meningitis:—
| Average. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-5. | 1906-10. | 1911. | 1912. | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 20.0 | 22.8 | 20 | 23 |
| Simple Meningitis | 22.0 | 15.0 | 16 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum | 13.0 | 10.8 | 5 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 20.8 | 22.2 | 29 | 16 |
| Phthisis | 192.0 | 151.4 | 146 | 124 |
68. The deaths from phthisis were 124, giving a deathrate
of 1.01, compared with 1.25, 1.27, 1.22, 1.08, and 1.20,
in the five preceding years. This rate is the lowest recorded.
The reduction in the death-rate since 1901-5 represents a
saving of 68 lives last year from consumption. The following
table gives the death-rate from phthisis in each parish during