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. 13.
Shewing the nett deaths of Woolwich residents, all deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough, and deaths of Woolwich residents occurring in Institutions outside the
Borough, during the year 1923.
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria.. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Influenza | 8 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningococcal Meningitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 93 | 79 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 28 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 91 | 84 | 46 | 60 | 39 | 30 | 44 | 6 | 27 |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Diabetes | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Cerebral Hsemorrhage, &c. | 49 | 53 | 22 | 40 | 32 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 7 |