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.10
Deaths registered during the calendar year 1931, and deaths in Public Institutions.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||||
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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 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | In Borough. | Outlying Institutions | ||||
Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||||||||||||||||
All Causes | 1654 | 128 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 74 | 84 | 85 | 176 | 275 | 362 | 378 | 628 | 152 | 310 | ||
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
Diphtheria | 6 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | ||
Influenza | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 4. | 7 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ||
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 148 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 40 | 34 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 60 | 4 | 38 | ||
Syphilis | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 3 | 6 | ||
General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | ||
Cancer, malignant disease | 220 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 18 | 31 | 61 | 70 | 37 | 74 | 22 | 54 | ||
Diabetes | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 6 | ||
Heart Disease | 367 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 62 | 123 | 116 | 141 | 21 | 33 | ||
Aneurism | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Other Circulatory Diseases | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 13 | ||
Bronchitis | 91 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 12 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 11 | ||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 126 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 55 | 15 | 20 | ||
Other Respiratory Diseases | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .. | 5 | ||
Peptic Ulcer | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
Diarrhoea, etc. | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Appendicitis | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .. | ||
Other diseases of Liver, etc. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Other Digestive Diseases | 34 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | ||
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 49 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 12 | ||
Puerperal Sepsis | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||
Other Puerperal Causes | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | O 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 62 | 61 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 10 | .. | ||
Senility | 56 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 48 | 31 | 10 | 7 | ||
Suicide | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | ||
Other Violence | 53 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 14 | ||
Other defined Diseases | 128 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 63 | 14 | 29 | ||
Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
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