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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. 24.
Rates for stated groups of diseases and for stated age periods classified by Registration districts.
| District. | Groups. | Totals. | 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. | ||
| Woolwich | 4.36 | 1.21 | 2.42 | 16.47 | 7 02 | .97 | 23.98 | 7.02 | 63.45 | 2.66 | 16.47 | 4.85 | 25.18 | 38.27 |
| West Plumstead | 2.36 | 1.58 | 2.36 | 5.52 | 6.05 | .79 | 20.50 | 6.57 | 45.73 | 4.21 | 9.46 | 6.83 | 19.97 | 25.76 |
| East Plumstead | 3.96 | 1.83 | 3.66 | 10.36 | 5.49 | .31 | 24.99 | 10.97 | 61.57 | 2.74 | 14.63 | 7.62 | 29.26 | 32.31 |
| Eltham | 4.73 | 1.69 | 3.04 | 8.78 | 5.73 | .67 | 22.96 | 11.48 | 59.08 | 8.44 | 10.13 | 4.39 | 28.70 | 30.38 |
| The Borough | 3.81 | 1.55 | 2.82 | 10.52 | 6.13 | .70 | 23.07 | 8.75 | 57.35 | 4.30 | 12.84 | 5.93 | 25.47 | 31.88 |
| The rates in each case are per 1,000 births. | ||||||||||||||