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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 12.-
| Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. | Woolwien. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Borough. | |||||||||
| West. | East. | Residents. | Non. Residents. | Outlying Institutions. | |||||
| Heart Disease | 96 | 101 | 44 | 60 | 56 | 37 | 38 | 10 | 19 |
| Arterio.sclerosis | 47 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| Bronchitis | 51 | 59 | 38 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 8 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 55 | 42 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 13 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Diarrhoea, &c. | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 20 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 33 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| Suicide | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Deaths from Violence | 24 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 131 | 156 | 81 | 103 | 61 | 42 | 83 | 22 | 75 |
| Causes ill.defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |