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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE II a .— continued.
| Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. | Woolwich. | Plums tead. | Eltham. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | In Borough. | |||||||
| Residents. | Non-Residents. | Outlying Institutions. | |||||||
| Heart Disease | 62 | 87 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 11 |
| Arteriosclerosis | 25 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 9 |
| Bronchitis | 53 | 60 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 7 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 56 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 10 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . . | 3 |
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 11 | 3 | .. | 3 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Diarrhoea, &c. | 40 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 26 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 5 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 44 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Suicide | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Deaths from Violence | 20 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | o | 15 | 4 | 3 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 151 | 135 | 76 | 115 | 54 | 41 | 81 | 12 | 81 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |