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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 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 12.Shewing the Nett Deaths of Woolwich Residents, all Deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough and Deaths of Woolwich Residents occurring in Institutions outside the Borough,during the year 1928.

TABLE No. 12.

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

during the year 1928.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
West.East.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
Residents.Non-Residents.
All causes83172342845735631350490321
Enteric fever...2......111...1
Smallpox...........................
Measles4541222...5
Scarlet fever232...12......5
Whooping cough8844353...5
Diphtheria594514......14
Influenza7571132...
Encephalitis lethargica21...1...2...13
Meningococcal meningitis1.........1......1...
Tuberculosis of respiratory system88575435282838846
Other tuberculous diseases6144754818
Cancer, malignant disease1001094469524464643
Rheumatic fever1...1...............1
Diabetes762533413
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c.3239201624113242