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 Willesden]
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Table No. 11.—Long Table. CAUSES OF DEATH.
DISEASES. | Year 1906. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Diph. Membranous Croup | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Croup | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Enteric Fever | 7 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Epidemic Influenza | 24 | 2 | 6 | .. | 16 |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 157 | 2 | 5 | 134 | 16 |
Zymotic or Epidemic Enteritis | |||||
Enteritis (Enteritis and Gastro Enteritis) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Syphilis | 6 | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Pyaemia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Infective Endocarditis | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Rheumatic Fever | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Tuberculosis— | |||||
(a) Tubercular Disease of Brain, or Meninges Acute Hydrocephalus | 22 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
(b) LaryngealandPulmonaryPhthisis | 139 | 41 | 30 | 33 | 25 |
(c) Tabes Mesenterica Tubercular Disease of Intestine | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
16 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
Atrophy, Marasmus Starvation, Want of Breast Milk | 51 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 15 |
Rickets | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 |
Chronic Alcoholism (Cirrhosis of Liver) | 28 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Acute Alcoholism D.T. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Chronic Industrial Poisoning | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
OsteoArthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis (Chronic Rheumatis) | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Gout | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Cancer (Malignant Growth) | 111 | 34 | 20 | 28 | 29 |
Diabetes Meflitus | 14 | .. | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Anaemia Leucocythaemia | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Lymphadenoma | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | 87 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 28 |
Debility at Birth | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Injury at Birth | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Atelectasis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |