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. 48.
Deaths from Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1931.
| Diseases. | Number of Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Age Groups. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | ||
| Diphtheria | 6 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 126 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 13 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Zymotic Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 156 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 19 | 14 | |