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. 22.
| Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. |
| Chickenpox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .1 | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Enteritis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l | .. |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, Overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Injury at birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Atelectasis | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Congenital Malformation | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 |
| Premature birth | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
| Other causes | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| 52 | 43 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |
| T 95 | 32 | T 18 | 21 | t 24 | ||||||