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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 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 13.Shewing the Nett Deaths of Woolwich Residents, all Deaths occuring in Institutions in the Borough and Death of Woolwich Residents occuring in Institutions outside the Borough,during the year 1927.

TABLE No. 13.

Shewing the Nett Deaths of Woolwich Residents, all Deaths occuring in Institutions in the Borough and Death of Woolwich Residents occuring in Institutions outside the Borough,

during the year 1927.

Causes or Death.Males.Females.Woolwich..Plumstead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
West.East.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
Residents.Non-Residents.
All causes78470740544934729040665325
Enteric fever...........................
Smallpox...........................
Measles...11..................
Scarlet fever...........................
Whooping cough3753...2......5
Diphtheria644231......9
Influenza261914136121225
Encephalitis lethargica3......1...2......3
Meningococcal meningitis Tuberculosis of respiratory...........................
system87613550362742441
Other tuberculous diseases16147103108...11
Cancer, malignant disease .10110958655334481157
Rheumatic fever122...1...1...1
Diabetes5735317...2
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c.46502826231941610