Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE .
(A.) Table of DEATHS during the Year 1894 in Plumstead Parish, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names or Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B. (a.) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years or Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. (b) | Under 1 year. (c) | 1 and under 5 (d) | 5 and under 15 (e) | 15 and under 25 (f) | 25 and under 65 (g) | 65 and upwards (h) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentry. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
west plumstead | 172 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 34 | Under 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 69 |
5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 43 | 103 | ||||||||
east plumstead (Exclusive of Union.) | 437 | 139 | 78 | 29 | 22 | 116 | 53 | Under 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 217 |
5 upwds. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 104 | 220 | ||||||||
union workhouse & infirmary | 167 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 61 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 71 | 156 | ||||||||
TOTALS | 776 | 181 | 116 | 36 | 33 | 262 | 148 | Under 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 143 | 297 |
5 upwds. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 85 | 62 | 13 | 218 | 479 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 69 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 4 | Under 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
5 upwds. | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 50 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 109 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 36 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 100 |