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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: 55. The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past 17 years and also the deaths from simple meningitisAverage

55. The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past 17 years and also the deaths from simple meningitis

Average

1901 -51906 -101911191219131914191519161917
Tuberculous Meningitis20.022.820231429181919
Simple Meningitis22.015.0161310151694
Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum13.010.8551013551
Tuberculosis (other forms)20.822.22916101181218
Phthfcis .192.0151.4146124182163201167172

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56. The deaths from phthisis were 172 giving a death-rate
of 1.17 compared with 1.01, 1.42, 1.27, 1.49, and 1.22, in the
five preceding years. The death rate is the lowest recorded
except in 1912.
The rise and fail of the phthisis death-rate in
recent years has been parallel with that of bronchitis and
pneumonia. In each case 1912 showed a minimum, and the three
subsequent years a marked rise. London had the highest deathrate
since 1905.

Table: Deaths - Phthisis (Tuberculosis, Lungs)

Deaths - Phthisis (Tuberculosis, Lungs)

1891-51896-19001901-51906-101911-1519161917.
o.Rat eAver. No.per yearRateAver No perRateAver No peryearsRateNoRateNoRateNo.Rate
[Woolwich Parish West-2.80922.23892.15561.4665 511.70 1.2263 571.88 1.3255 601.64 1.39
Plumstead Hast-1.78921.42971.34871.20391.20310.86411.04
Eltham Parish--91.2860.6380.6490.58160.66160.53
The Borough-—1931.741921.561511.221641.281671.221721.17
London1.88-1.80-1.57-1.33-1.37-1.46-1.58