Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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C. Deaths from certain causes in whole Borough.
Cause of Death, | Total. | Average for last 5 years. | Cause of Death. | Total. | Average for last 5 years. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | - | - | Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 0.8 |
Measles | 1 | 3.4 | Tubercle of Lung | 34 | 39.8 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2.0 | Other Tuberculous Dis. | 6 | |
Influenza | 1 | 1.2 | Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 5.4 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 2.8 | |||
Diphtheria and Mem. Croup | 3 | 1.6 | Cancer and Sarcoma | 33 | 32.0 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 0.6 | Bronchitis | 10 | 10.4 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 35 | 802 | Broncho.Pneumonia | 8 | 11.0 |
Erysipelas | - | 0.8 | Pneumonia | 5 | |
Puerperal Fever | — | 04 | Violence | 8 | 8.6 |
Suicide | 3 | 3.4 |
TABLE XIII.
Summary of Statistics for the Fourth Quarter, ending January 3rd, 1914 (14 weeks),
corrected for Public Institutions:—
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1,000 population.
Population Estimated to middle of 1913 | Births. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths at all ages—Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non. Residents in District. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number. | Rate. | Number.| | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | Number. | Rate. | ||||
125,686 | 703 | 20.8 | 58 | 82 | 393 | 73 | 9 | 60 | 444 | 13.1 |