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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 No. 13.—
| Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | In Borough. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||||
| Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||||
| Heart disease | 106 | 105 | 62 | 66 | 55 | 28 | 63 | 7 | 24 |
| Arterio-sclerosis | 20 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | ... | 13 |
| Bronchitis | 56 | 58 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 11 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 56 | 38 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 12 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 5 |
| Diarrhoea, &c. | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Appendicitis and typhlitis | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Acute and chronic nephritis | 15 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | l | 10 |
| Puerperal sepsis | • •• | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 30 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 10 |
| Suicide | 11 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Other deaths from violence | 34 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 19 |
| Other defined diseases | 139 | 115 | 56 | 79 | 57 | 62 | 84 | 16 | 69 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... |