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 23.
DEATHS OP NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1922.
Diseases. | Number of Deaths. Age groups. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65- | ||
Diphtheria | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 11 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 116 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 35 | |
Erysipelas | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Dysentery | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Zymotic Enteritis | 9 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis—pulmonary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Total | 163 | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | 4 | 19 | 67 | 24 | 44 | 3 | |
Tuberculosis—Non-pulmonary | 1 | . . | .. | |||||||||||
1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Total | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | |
Measles | 21 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
400 | 46 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 86 | 32 | 69 | 43 |