London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Ages. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 & up-wds | ||
| II.—PARASITIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
| Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ||||||||||||
| III.—DIETETIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Scurvy | ||||||||||||
| Chronic Alcoholism | ||||||||||||
| Delirium Tremens | ||||||||||||
| IV—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | ||||||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Phthisis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | ||||||||||||
| Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | ||||||||||||
| V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Old Age | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 | ||||||||
| VI.—LOCAL DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
| 1.—Diseases of Nervous System. | ||||||||||||
| Inflammation of Brain or Membranes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of Nervous System | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2.—Diseases or Organs of Special Sense. | ||||||||||||