[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 6

Woolwich 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 2.Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1939.

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TABLE No. 2.

Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1939.

Causes of Death.	Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district.
Causes of Death.	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.
All Causes	1592	103	12	12	23	44	67	66	153	260	411	441
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
Whooping Cough	8	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	7	..	..	3	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	15	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	..	3	4
Encephalitis Lethargica	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebrospinal Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System	99	2	..	..	2	12	25	12	19	17	8	2
Other Tuberculous diseases	10	..	1	..	2	4	..	1	1	..	..	1
Syphilis	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	..
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis	5	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	4	..	..
Cancer	245	..	..	..	..	1	..	9	40	55	87	48
Diabetes	22	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	7	4	5
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.	85	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	5	15	31	33
Heart Disease	447	..	..	1	2	1	9	8	28	65	140	193
Aneurism	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	4	3	1
Other Circulatory diseases	64	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	14	27	20
Bronchitis	45	2	1	..	2	..	1	1	..	10	10	18
Pneumonia..	82	22	2	2	..	6	4	3	9	10	16	8
Other Respiratory diseases	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	2
Peptic Ulcer	24	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	5	8	6	2
Diarrhoea, under 2 years	18	12	2	..	..	1	l	..	..	..	2	..
Appendicitis	8	..	..	..	..	1	l	1	1	2	2	..
Cirrhosis of Liver	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..
Other Liver diseases	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	..	3
Other Digestive diseases	25	2	2	..	..	..	2	..	2	4	8	5
Acute and Chronic Nephritis	44	1	..	..	..	..	2	6	7	4	13	11
Puerperal Sepsis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Puerperal Causes	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	..	..
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, etc.	51	51	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senility	37	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	31
Suicide	12	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	3	1	4	1
Violence	86	3	..	1	4	9	8	4	7	6	18	26
Other defined Diseases	113	4	..	2	7	4	5	10	10	22	21	27
Causes ill-defined or unknown	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..