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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 No. 12.—
| Causes or Death. | Male. | Female. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Borough. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||||||
| West. | East. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||
| Heart disease | 168 | 185 | 82 | 105 | 1ll | 55 | 137 | 18 | 28 |
| Arteriosclerosis | 20 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | ... | 12 |
| Bronchitis | 53 | 68 | 30 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 10 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 63 | 56 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 19 |
| Other respiratory diseases . | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| Diarrhoea, &c. | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Appendicitis and typhlitis | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Acute and chronic nephritis | 29 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
| Puerperal sepsis | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | ... | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Congenital debility and malformation — premature birth | 25 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
| Suicide | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Other deaths from violence | 39 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 14 | 11 |
| Other defined diseases | 136 | 123 | 76 | 78 | 46 | 59 | 93 | 40 | 71 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |