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 to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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years of age is considerably less than in places where children
have the advantage of fresh air and freedom of exercise.
TABLE III.CAUSES OF DEATH.
DISEASES. | DEATHS. |
---|---|
Fever | 10 |
Measles | 2 |
Scarlatina and Cynanche Maligna | 22 |
Diarrhœa and Dysentery | 5 |
Hooping Cough | 19 |
Croup | 8 |
Erysipelas | 3 |
Consumption | 50 |
Inflammation of the Lungs | 82 |
Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Infants under 3 years | 33 |
Water on the Brain, and Convulsions of Infauts | 29 |
Dropsy | 9 |
Cancer | 2 |
Hernia | 1 |
Diseased Heart and Large Vessels | 11 |
Apoplexy, and Diseases of the Brain | 7 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 |
Premature Birth, & Debility from Birth | 22 |
Violence, Poison, and Privation | 12 |
Natural Decay | 38 |
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 54 |
Total | 420 |