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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 43.
Deaths from Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1936.
| Diseases. | Number of Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
| All Ages. | Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid Fever) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 101 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 6 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 30 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| * Not notifiable. | 170 | 55 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 6 |