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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1907.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents'' whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" 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 under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Measles | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Whooping-cough | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other septic diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis ) | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 10 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Pneumonia | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Venereal diseases | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Premature birth | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Heart diseases | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Accidents | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Suicides | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| All other causes | 8 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | |
| All causes | 202 | 72 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 57 | 39 | 23 |