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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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T able N o. 2.
Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1947, including non-residents in Institutions in tne 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 year 8. | 5 and under 15 year 8. | 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-Rsdts. | ||||||||||||||
| All Causes | 1626 | 87 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 67 | 126 | 271 | 395 | 577 | 325 | 88 | 484 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 89 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 14 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 43 |
| Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 12 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Syphilis | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | 6 |
| Influenza | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Measles ., | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cancer | 260 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 9 | 30 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 67 | 19 | 70 |
| Diabetes | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 129 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| Heart Disease | 505 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 66 | 144 | 255 | 83 | 12 | 116 |
| Other Circulatory diseases | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 12 |
| Bronchitis | 130 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
| Pneumonia | 82 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 37 |
| Other Respiratory diseases | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Appendicitis | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other Digestive diseases | 27 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Puerperal Sepsis and Post-abortive sepsis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other Maternal causes | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premature Birth | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Congenital Malformations, etc. | 32 | 23 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| Suicide | 17 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Road Traffic Accidents | 10 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Other Violence | 49 | 11 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 10 |
| All other Causes | 112 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 52 |