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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. 74
Nett Deaths during 1936, classified by Sex and Wards.
| Causes of Death. | the Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's | River. | St. George's | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | |
| All Causes | 891 | 758 | 68 | 76 | 152 | 76 | 89 | 117 | 119 | 144 | 96 | 191 | 137 | 87 | 126 | 171 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. . | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 7 | 6 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | _–_ | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Influenza | 10 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 67 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 7 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| Syphilis | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| General Paralysis of the Insane Tabes Dorsalis | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cancer | 133 | 126 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 27 |
| Diabetes | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 31 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 8 | – | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | – | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Heart Disease | 223 | 200 | 18 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 48 | 38 | 22 | 31 | 36 |
| Aneurysm | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 29 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Bronchitis | 41 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | – | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 59 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 9 | 12 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 6 | – | 3 | – |
| Peptic Ulcer | 17 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | – | – | 1 |
| Appendicitis | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 14 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other Puerperal causes | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 29 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Senility | 13 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 |
| Suicide | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 2 |
| Violence | 38 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 74 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |