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Woolwich 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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145—146.

TABLE III. —Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1913.

Disease.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Woolwich.Plumst'dEltham.Residents in Outlying Institutions.Public Institutions in Borough. Residents & nonresidents.
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 75.1 75 to 85.Over 85.West.East.
Small-pox..............................................
Measles9452i42....................33..3..1
Scarlet Fever8261232....................611..7..
Epidemic Influenza352114..3....1....1251157..6131332..
Whooping Cough1037541........................343..1..
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup17611....782................1232142
Enteric Fever11..................1........1......1..
Asiatic Cholera................................................
Diarrhoea98171....................1....621..11
Enteritis4024163261................1....16716124
Acute Anterior Polio Myelitis..........................................
Cerebro-spinal fever..............................................
Other Continued Fevers..............................................
Erysipelas..............................................
Puerperal Fever3..3............12..........111..1..
Other Septic Diseases1037..1..2121111........522151
Syphilis95441........11..2........342..35
Rheumatic Fever817........2..122..1......3122..2
Gout..................................................
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..............................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges1477122441................545..7..
Tuberculosis of Lungs (Phthisis)18211567..1441826473231145....616640153135
Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum1073211....1212..........332251
Other forms of Tuberculosis1064..12..11122..........541..5..
Alcoholism422................121......211....3
Cancer1275572..........1..31327333b122345526121925
Diabetes1697....1........111441382364
Congenital debility and malformation, including834835812..........................3226205615
Old Age964254........................16631727362581024
Meningitis1055152....11..............433..1..
Inflammation and Softening of Brain761........................313..51..113
Epilepsy55..1..1..1..2..............131..11
General Paralysis1495............114512....455..121
Tabes Dorsalis and Locomotor Ataxia11..................1........1..........
Peripheral Neuritis312..................12........2..1..2
Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System331320122......11143252..8812557
Organic Diseases of the Heart14980691......445814203939141505236111429
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Embolism and Thrombosis823745..............2211222025..23321710522
Apoplexy and Hemiplegia17611............1..3174l6821..6
Aneurism1414....................383......463112
Other diseases of blood vessels and heart502723..........1..166101682191114696
Bronchitis145806518611......237203741949483711228
Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia41192223931......2....2..1..l61110456
Pneumonia674522523216239116128..2719138109
Other Diseases of Respiratory System11........................1....1..........
Diseases of Stomach15963....1..1..1..3111..52713..
Appendicitis and Typhlitis963......2211....21......441..62
Obstruction of Intestines136712......1..21222....553..45
Cirrhosis of Liver1183................l442....33......
Other Diseases of the Digestive System17116811..........................1818......
Nephritis and Bright's Disease573819....1........................8........
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs4..4................2....11..............
Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy, Parturition3..3..........1..2..................c......
Violence3625116231212341434..161064116
Suicide20178..........1......11....1675213
I11 defined diseases or unknown13588........................832..18
Other defined diseases42251712122..21344542..15168388
Total15808687122295538 |3425444810913417720824020633543532374131252298