London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Plumstead 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE II.
Births and Deaths for each Quarter of the year corrected for deaths in Union and outlying Hospitals.
| Date. | Births. | Deaths. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Rheumatic Fever. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Other Tubercular Diseases. | Cancer and Neoplasms. | Alcoholic Diseases. | Bronchitis Pneumonia Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Labour and Sequelae. | Prem. Birth and Low Vitality | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | Not certified. | Inquests. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | over 65 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | under 5 | over 5 | |||
| Jan.-Mar | 490 | 230 | 52 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 66 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 98 | 132 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Apr.-June | 502 | 162 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 64 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| July-Sep | 478 | 162 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 61 | 101 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oct.-Dec. | 440 | 182 | 48 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 84 | 98 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1910 | 736 | 180 | 127 | 51 | 36 | 226 | 116 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 70 | 18 | 7 | 31 | 14 | 62 | 62 | 51 | 9 | 69 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 127 | 307 | 429 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||||