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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
Erith 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1903.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages. | Total deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| Measles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Whooping-cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Epidemic influenza | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | 14 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| Enteritis | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Phthisis | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Alcoholism | |||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Premature birth | 23 | 23 | |||||||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Heart diseases | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| Accidents | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Suicides | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| All other causes | 105 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 8 | |
| Totals, all causes | 286 | 98 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 64 | 52 | 8 | |