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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 25.
Rates for stated groups of diseases and for stated age periods for the quinquennial period 1919-1923, and for the years 1923-1924.
| Period. | Groups. | Total | Sub-divisions of Group " G." | Death rates. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |||||||
| Infectious Diseases. | Tuberculous Diseases. | Diseases of Nervous system. | Diseases of Respiratory System. | Diseases of Digestive System. | Syphilis. | Diseases of Development. | All other Diseases. | Congenital Defects. | Prematurity. | Debility. | Under 4 weeks. | Over 4 weeks | ||
| 1919-1923 | 2.86 | .98 | 2.86 | 10.78 | 6.95 | .90 | 27.33 | 9.87 | 62.53 | 3.44 | 15.97 | 7.92 | 29.16 | 33.37 |
| 1923 | 1.39 | .35 | 3.49 | 5.23 | 2.79 | .35 | 21.97 | 7.33 | 42.90 | 3.48 | 14.30 | 4.19 | 25.11 | 17.79 |
| 1924 | 5.02 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 15.45 | 3.86 | 15.4 | 22.78 | 11.58 | 64.87 | 5.02 | 10.04 | 7.72 | 26.64 | 38.23 |