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. 12.
Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year, 1930, Classified by Age and Cause.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of ''Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years . | 75 and upwards. | |
All causes | 1547 | 91 | 29 | 23 | 34 | 79 | 171 | 420 | 335 | 365 |
Enteric fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 15 | .. | 9 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet fever | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping cough | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 150 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 31 | 65 | 43 | 9 | .. |
Other tuberculous diseases | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 201 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 17 | 80 | 67 | 35 |
Rheumatic fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. | 75 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 21 | 19 | 33 |
Heart disease | 361 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 10 | 81 | 116 | 143 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 42 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 16 | 15 |
Bronchitis | 61 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 101 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | .. | 9 | 41 | 9 | 10 |
Other respiratory diseases | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Diarrhoea, &c. | 13 | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Appendicitis and typhlitis | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 |
Cirrhosis of liver | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. |
Acute and chronic nephritis | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
Puerperal sepsis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 43 | 42 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
ouicide | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
Other deaths from violence | 54 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
Other defined diseases | 221 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 51 | 41 | 62 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown . . | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |