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 27.
DEATHS OP NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (INCLUDING MEASLES), 1923.
Diseases. | Number of Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Age groups. | ||||||||||||||
Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65- | ||||
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Pneumonia | 65 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | ||
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Zymotic Enteritis | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Tuberculosis—pulmonary | Males | 93 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 30 | 20 | 35 | 2 | |||
Females | 79 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 1 | ||
Total | 172 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 14 | 68 | 31 | 48 | 3 | ||
Tuberculosis—Non-pulmonary | Males | 9 | 1 | .. | 2 | l | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | |
Females | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
286 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 78 | 37 | 73 | 18 |