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 N o . ll—
Causes oT Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||
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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 | 178 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 20 | 62 | 45 | 43 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 42 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 18 | 16 |
Bronchitis | 123 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 116 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 13 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. |
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, &c. | 9 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 69 | .. | l | l | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 9 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | . . |
Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 80 | 78 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suicide | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | l |
Other deaths from violence | 40 | 5 | .. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Other defined diseases | 281 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 47 | 97 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. |