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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TABLE II.—
Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.
Causes of Death. | All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and upwards. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart Disease | 149 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 42 | 29 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 11 | 15 |
Bronchitis | 113 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 26 | 39 | 29 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 98 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 7 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhoea, &c. | 72 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | .. |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 47 | .. | . . | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 17 | 16 | 7 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 70 | 69 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suicide | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. |
Other deaths from violence | 30 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
Other defined diseases | 286 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 40 | 61 | 42 | 95 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |