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 No. 11.
Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1922, classified by age and cause.
Causes op Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | |
All causes | 1603 | 184 | 51 | 51 | 66 | 84 | 201 | 409 | 272 | 285 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 21 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 11 | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 36 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 22 | l | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Influenza | 66 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 8 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Meningococcal meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 163 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 47 | 63 | 44 | 3 | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 166 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 82 | 38 | 26 |
Rheumatic Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 3 | .. |
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c, | 80 | •• | .. | .. | •• | .. | 2 | 38 | 20 | 20 |