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. 12.
Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1923, classified by age and cause
Causes of 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 | 1387 | 123 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 72 | 173 | 397 | 266 | 280 |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Encephalitis lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningococcal meningitis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | 172 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 38 | 75 | 48 | 3 | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 175 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 97 | 46 | 18 |
Rheumatic Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Diabetes | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. | 102 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 31 | 38 | 32 |