Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1893 of the Medical Officer of Health
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78 Parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark.
T able III.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Borough Road | London Road | Kent Road. |
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1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | 2 |
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 1 | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 1 | ... | ... |
Whooping-Cough | 7 | 10 | 3 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||
Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 8 | 7 | 28 |
3.—Malarial Diseases. | |||
(e.g., Remittent Fever, Ague) | ... | ... | ... |
4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||
Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, and Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... |
5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||
Syphilis | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | ... |
Pyaemia, Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Thrush | ... | ... | ... |
Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | ... |
Scurvy | ... | ... | ... |
Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart. | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... |
Gout | ... | ... | ... |
Rickets | 1 | 2 | ... |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | ... | ... | ... |
Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Phthisis | 2 | 4 | ... |
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | ... | ... | ... |
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | ... | ... | ... |
Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus | ... | ... | ... |
Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
Carried forward | 38 | 34 | 47 |