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. 1.
Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1942.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | |
All Causes | 1,410 | 71 | 10 | 14 | 169 | 378 | 768 |
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebrospinal fever | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping cough | 7 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 91 | .. | .. | 2 | 62 | 21 | 6 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Syphilitic diseases | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Influenza | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Measles | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Acute infective encephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) ; uterus (F) | 35 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 22 |
Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 43 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 18 |
Cancer of breast | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | 7 |
Cancer of all other sites | 144 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 56 | 77 |
Diabetes | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 9 |
Intracranial vascular lesions | 129 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 36 | 90 |
Heart disease | 366 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 74 | 272 |
Other diseases of the circulatory system | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 46 |
Bronchitis | 85 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 28 | 49 |
Pneumonia | 69 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 27 |
Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Diarrhoea under 2 years | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Appendicitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other digestive diseases | 31 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
Nephritis | 47 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 17 | 23 |
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other maternal causes | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
Premature birth | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases | 14 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Suicide | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Road traffic accidents | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 |
Other violent causes | 34 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 7 | 18 |
All other causes | 104 | 5 | .. | 4 | 17 | 22 | 56 |