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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 40.
Deaths from Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1934.
| Diseases. | Number of Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Age Groups. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 5— | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | ||
| Diphtheria | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Para—typhoid Fever) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 126 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 9 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Derebro—spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio—encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zymotic Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| * Measles (including German Measles) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 160 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 9 | |
* Not Notifiable.