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. 73.
Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1936, including non-residents in Institutions in the Borough.
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 Instit utions | ||
Residents. | Non-Resid'ts. | ||||||||||||||
All Causes | 1649 | 121 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 64 | 73 | 94 | 168 | 284 | 372 | 401 | 513 | 137 | 503 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Diphtheria | 7 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Influenza | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 104 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 20 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 12 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Syphilis | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Cancer | 259 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 13 | 48 | 63 | 86 | 44 | 77 | 12 | 75 |
Diabetes | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 71 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 28 |
Heart Disease | 423 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 70 | 143 | 162 | 123 | 15 | 86 |
Aneurysm | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Circulatory diseases | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
Bronchitis | 72 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | l | 3 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
Pneumonia | 101 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 7 | 31 |
Other Respiratory diseases | 21 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
Peptic Ulcer | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
Diarrhoea, etc. | 30 | 25 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 | 19 |
Appendicitis | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other diseases of Liver, etc. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Other Digestive diseases | 20 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Other Puerperal Causes | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 49 | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 16 | 18 |
Senility | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
Suicide | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Violence | 60 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 14 | 10 |
Other defined Diseases | 131 | 8 | 4 | .. | 6 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 43 | 22 | 63 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |