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 Limehouse]
This page requires JavaScript
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 5 Years | Under 10 Years | Under 20 Years | Under 40 Years | Under 60 Years | Under 80 Years | Upwards | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Small Pox | 26 | 2 | 2 | . . . | . . . | |||
2. Measles | 69 | 4 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
3. Scarlatina | 27 | 6 | o | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||
4. Diphtheria | 7 | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 12 |
5. Quinsey | 6 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
6. Croup | 33 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||
7. Whooping Cough | 29 | . .. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 29 | |
8. Typhus & Remittent | 38 | 13 | 24 | 22 | . . . | 115 | ||
9. Intermittent Fever | 8 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
10. Erysipelas | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||
11. Influenza | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | . . . | . . . | ||
12. Diarrhoea | 42 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
13. Cholera | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||
14. Pyaemia | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||
15. Rheumatic Fever | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |||
16. Syphilis | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||
1. Gangrene | . . . | . . . | 3 | 2 | . . . | |||
. . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |