London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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ANNUAL DEATHS— 1903 TO 1915.
| Year. | Age Period. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1.5 | 5.10 | 10.15 | 15.20 | 20.25 | 25.35 | 35.45 | 45.55 | 55.65 | 65.75 | 75 and over. | |
| 1903.7 (average) | 402.4 | 102.8 | 43.4 | 27 | 31.4 | 44.8 | 104.2 | 138.4 | 155.6 | 174.8 | 201.4 | 171 |
| 1908.12 (average) | 250.4 | 131 4 | 41.4 | 23.4 | 33.2 | 33.2 | 87.4 | 127 | 146.6 | 199.2 | 211.6 | 203.8 |
| 1913 | 229 | 93 | 34 | 25 | 44 | 48 | 109 | 134 | 177 | 208 | 240 | 239 |
| 1914 | 239 | 141 | 52 | 33 | 47 | 35 | 97 | 147 | 184 | 225 | 246 | 244 |
| 1915 | 268 | 136 | 62 | 28 | 47 | 41 | 93 | 170 | 210 | 246 | 269 | 263 |
| Deaths From. | Average, 1903.07 | Average, 1908.12. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | |||||||
| Apoplexy and all other diseases of the heart and blood.vessels | 217.4 | 258.8 | 312 | 332 | 351 | |||||||
| Nephritis and Blight's disease | 44 | 47 | 57 | 46 | 47 | |||||||
| Respiratory diseases—all forms (except Phthisis ) | 260.8 | 228.4 | 254 | 287 | 385 | |||||||