Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-seventh annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...
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TABLE 9.
Principal Causes of Death in Newington Infirmary, Sixteen Years, 1877 to 1892.
Small-pox | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 188o | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 |
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.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | ?, | ? | ?, | 1 | .. | 15 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ?, | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea . | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | q | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Fever | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Acutel Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carbuncle . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 22 | 143 | 144 | 93 | 129 | 123 | 133 | 111 | 184 | 148 | .. | 67 | 63 | 67 | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 73 | 77 | 94 | 90 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | U | 4 | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Paralysis | 29 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Apoplexy | 1 | 16 | 12 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
Disease of 11 "art | 6 | ?4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bight's Disease | 17 | 3 | .. | 28 | .. | 13 | 2 | 4 | .. | 15 | 26 | 11 | 5 | .. | 7 | 7 |
Natural Decay .. | 23 | 57 | 59 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Cancer | 16 | 96 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .. | 10 | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 6 | fi | 4 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. |
Jaundice | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases | 40 | 89 | 89 | 141 | 131 | 72 | 118 | 133 | 140 | 119 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
Total | 373 | 503 | 477 | 510 | 519 | 467 | 532 | 511 | 555 | 515 | 343 | 153 | 157 | 126 | 114 | 102 |