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 for Southwark, Borough of]
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Causes of Death. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905 | 1906. | 1907. | 1908 | 1909. | 1910. |
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Scurvy | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ptomaine Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chronic Alcoholism | 19 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 15 |
Acute Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Lead Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
Osteo-arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
Gout | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 178 | 176 | 186 | 190 | 215 | 185 | 183 | 178 | 187 | 189 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 15 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Hæmophilia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Anæmia, Leucocythæmia | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's Disease | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Sarcoma | ... | 11 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Enlarged Thymus Gland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
Premature Birth | 109 | 115 | 129 | 155 | 137 | 115 | 119 | 116 | 108 | 111 |
Debility at Birth | 71 | 74 | 35 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
Injury at Birth | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Congenital Defects | 22 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 18 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 28 |
Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 136 | 163 | 150 | 129 | 124 | 148 | 129 | 108 | 104 | 107 |
Dentition | 32 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
Rickets | 8 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Old Age, Senile Decay | 130 | 136 | 120 | 156 | 137 | 186 | 183 | 208 | 201 | 162 |
Convulsions | 96 | 87 | 58 | 52 | 49 | 37 | 48 | 39 | 26 | 27 |
Meningitis | 62 | 57 | 44 | 39 | 23 | 47 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 22 |
Apoplexy | 100 | 103 | 94 | 102 | 100 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 102 | 97 |
Softening of Brain | 35 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | 12 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 7 |
Cerebral Abscess,&c ______ | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... |
Insanity, General Paralysis of Insane | 39 | 39 | 29 | 35 | 22. | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 39 |
Other forms of Insanity | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Cerebral Tumour | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
Chorea | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Epilepsy | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 6 |
Laryngismus Stridulus | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Locomotor Ataxy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Paraplegia, Disease of Spinal Cord | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
Peripheral Neuritis | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Neurasthenia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Otitis, Otorrhœa | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
Epistaxis, Diseases of Nose | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia, Diseases of Eye | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Endocarditis, Valvular Diseases of the Heart | 189 | 189 | 193 | 210 | 192 | 210 | 202 | 169 | 159 | 162 |
Pericarditis | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | ... | 3 | 6 | 12 |
Hypertrophy of Heart | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ... | 5 |
Angina Pectoris | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Aneurism | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 13 |