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. 71.
Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1937, but including non-residents in Institutions in the Borough.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Institutions. | ||
Residents. | Non-Resid'ts. | ||||||||||||||
All Causes | 1660 | 86 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 56 | 75 | 102 | 168 | 296 | 395 | 429 | 519 | 149 | 508 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diphtheria | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 8 |
Influenza | 66 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 14 | .. | 21 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 105 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 18 | 20 | .. | 18 | 20 | 7 | .. | 39 | 16 | 32 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Syphilis | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Cancer | 245 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 17 | 34 | 61 | 83 | 46 | 94 | 17 | 75 |
Diabetes | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .. | 7 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 14 |
Heart Disease | 467 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 70 | 145 | 185 | 124 | 18 | 111 |
Aneurysm | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Other Circulatory diseases | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 13 |
Bronchitis | 56 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
Pneumonia | 105 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 32 |
Other Respiratory diseases | 11 | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Peptic Ulcer | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | 13 | 8 | 7 |
Diarrhoea, etc. | 16 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Appendicitis | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Other diseases of Liver, etc. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other Digestive diseases | 30 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 8 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 38 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Puerperal Sepsis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Puerperal Causes | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. |
Congenital Malformation, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc. | 42 | 41 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 13 | 14 |
Senility | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 32 | 7 | .. | 13 |
Suicide | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Violence | 57 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 21 |
Other defined Diseases | 120 | 5 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 46 | 16 | 52 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |