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.
| Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Under 4 weeks | 4 wks.-1 year | M. | F. | Under 4 weeks | 4 wks.-1 year | M. | F. | Under 4 weeks | 4 wks.-1 year | M. | F. | Under 4 weeks | 4 wks.-1 year | M. | F. | Under 4 weeks | 4 wks.-1 year | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 2 | -- | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Laryngitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Enteritis | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | _ | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Gastritis | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets. . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation, Overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | — | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Malformation | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | — | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 12 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Other Causes | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 52 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |