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Croydon 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Deaths Registered from all Causes—continued.

Ages.Total.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & up- wds
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases..........................
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic........................
III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation..3....................3
Scurvy........................
Chronic Alcoholism........................
Delirium Tremens........................
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart......2..............2
Rheumatism..............1..1..2
Gout..............1......1
Rickets........................
Cancer, Malignaht Disease............1343..11
Tabes Mesenterica..1..................1
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus..3..................3
Phthisis....18731121....33
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula311111..1......9
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis........................
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia........1..1........2
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus............1..1....2
Other Constitutional Diseases........................
V—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth9....................9
Atelectasis2....................2
Congenital Malformations2....................2
Old Age................3141128
VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes352................10
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain..........12374..17
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane..1......2..........3
Epilepsy......1..............1
Convulsions73..................10
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)........................
Disease of Spinal Chord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans............11....13
Other Diseases of Nervous System......11..1........3
2.—Diseases of Organs of Special Sense. (e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose)........................