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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 12—
| Causes OF DEATH. | Male. | Female. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Borough. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||||||
| West. | East. | ||||||||
| Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 40 | 40 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 5 |
| Heart Disease | 80 | 98 | 48 | 58 | 38 | 34 | 23 | .. | 12 |
| Arterio-solerosis | 27 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| Bronchitis | 68 | 55 | 34 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 64 | 52 | 41 | 37 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 15 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Diarrhoea, &c. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 36 | 33 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 16 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Parturition and Pregnancy | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 46 | 34 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 10 |
| Suicide | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. |
| Violence | 24 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 144 | 137 | 73 | 96 | 70 | 42 | 80 | 21 | 67 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. |