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. 2.
Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1944.
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 | 1,611 | 83 | 13 | 25 | 197 | 458 | 835 |
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebrospinal fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 91 | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 34 | 6 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 9 | l | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Syphilitic diseases | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 10 |
Influenza | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Measles | |||||||
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acute infective encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M); uterus (F) | 30 | .. | .. | .. | l | 11 | is |
Cancer of stomach and dudenum | 38 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 19 | 16 |
Cancer of breast | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 7 |
Cancer of all other sites | 136 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 58 | 68 |
Diabetes | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 |
Intracranial vascular lesions | 118 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 32 | 83 |
Heart disease | 425 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 74 | 336 |
Other diseases of the circulatory system | 43 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 31 |
Bronchitis | 67 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 20 | 43 |
Pneumonia | 64 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 35 |
Other respiratory diseases | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 25 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | 9 |
Diarrhoea under 2 years | 17 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Appendicitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other digestive diseases | 35 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | 18 |
Nephritis | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 15 |
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other maternal causes | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Premature birth | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases | 22 | 20 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suicide | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Road traffic accidents | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other violent causes | 234 | io | 5 | 12 | 72 | 82 | 53 |
All other causes | 114 | 3 | .. | 7 | 9 | 30 | 65 |