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. 10.—
Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. | Plums tead. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woolwich. | West. | East. | Eltham. | In Borough. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||
Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||||
Heart disease | 88 | 103 | 48 | 63 | 48 | 32 | 37 | 9 | 19 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 25 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 6 | |
Bronchitis | 57 | 46 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 5 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 38 | 43 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 15 | |
Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | i | 6 |
Ulcer of stomach or duo | |||||||||
denum | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | i | 7 |
Diarrhoea, &c. | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Appendicitis and typhlitis | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Cirrhosis of liver | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Acute and chronic nephritis | 19 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
Puerperal sepsis | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other accidents and diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
of pregnancy and par | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
turition | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. |
Congenital debility and mal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
formation, premature | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
birth | 31 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 9 |
Suicide | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 |
Other deaths from violence | 28 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 14 |
Other defined diseases | 139 | 143 | 67 | 96 | 84 | 35 | 98 | 17 | 70 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |