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. 8.
Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1938, 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. | |||||||||||||
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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 Institutions. | ||
Residents. | Non-Resid'ts. | ||||||||||||||
All Causes | 1576 | 102 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 57 | 74 | 91 | 130 | 315 | 334 | 420 | 502 | 157 | 492 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Diphtheria | 8 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
Influenza | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 117 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 23 | 34 |
Other Tuberculous diseases | 11 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
Syphilis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes | |||||||||||||||
Dorsalis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Cancer | 245 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 18 | 36 | 83 | 55 | 48 | 86 | 19 | 75 | |
Diabetes | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 68 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 17 |
Heart Disease | 456 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 78 | 124 | 210 | 116 | 21 | 106 | |||
Aneurysm | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Circulatory diseases | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | 1 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
Bronchitis | 40 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 8 | .. | 10 |
Pneumonia | 96 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 31 |
Other Respiratory diseases | 21 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
Peptic Ulcer | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 |
Diarrhoea, under 2 years | 19 | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 15 | |
Appendicitis | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | i | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other Liver diseases | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | I | .. | 1 | 3 |
Other Digestive diseases | 39 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | u | 18 | 6 | 12 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 10 |
Puerperal Sepsis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, | |||||||||||||||
etc. | 53 | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 11 | 15 |
Senility | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | isj | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
Suicide | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Violence | 58 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 21 |
Other defined Diseases | 118 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 44 | 23 | 55 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |