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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 1929

[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 1929.

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 1929.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Plumstead.Deaths in Publio Institutions.
Woolwich.West.East.Eltham.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
Residents.Non-Residents.
All causes893887462525428365585173334
Enteric fever...11...............1
Smallpox1............1......1
Measles...11...............1
Scarlet fever12.........3......3
Whooping cough1012831104...11
Diphtheria1073716......16
Influenza504627301920411011
Encephalitis lethargica2...111...1
Meningococcal meningitis...1.......1......1
Tuberculosis of respiratory system756835463527441332
Other tuberculous diseases4125272865
Cancer, malignant disease9312047724153681646
Rheumatic fever231112......1
Diabetes884543731
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c.274925281673075