Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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TABLE IV.
Measles | 65 | 16 | 44 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 21 | |
Scarlet fever | 7 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 18 | |
Whooping-cough | 60 | 27 | 31 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 9 | .. | 15 | |
Diphtheria and mem-branous croup | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 43 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza | 28 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 58 | 46 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | .. | 11 | 1 | 23 | |
Enteritis | 21 | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
Gastritis | 16 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Puerperal fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Erysipelas | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 170 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 135 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 15 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 76 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 60 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | |
Cancer,malignant disease | 143 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 96 | 45 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 29 | |
Bronchitis | 145 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .. | 44 | 66 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 36 | |
Pneumonia | 187 | 62 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 56 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 29 | |
Pleurisy | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Other diseases of respi-ratory organs | 13 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Venereal diseases | 16 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
Premature birth | 86 | 86 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 6 | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Heart diseases | 155 | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 88 | 56 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 25 | 17 | 27 | |
Accidents | 62 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
Suicides | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
All other causes | 537 | 118 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 185 | 191 | 44 | 69 | 58 | 62 | 121 | 36 | 90 | 57 | 122 | |
All causes | 1908 | 462 | 208 | 65 | 58 | 684 | 431 | 147 | 268 | 206 | 286 | 429 | 103 | 304 | 165 | 507 | |
An extended table of the causes of death is given in the appendix. |