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 for the year ending December 31st, 1893
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Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of population at all ages. | Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths at all Ages. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Principal Zymotic Diseases | 344 | 3.3 | 170 |
2. | Pulmonary Diseases | 406 | 3.8 | 200 |
3. | Tubercular Diseases | 231 | 2.2 | 114 |
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and
Membranous Croup, Whooping Cough, Typhus, Enteric and Simple
Continued Fevers, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis,, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Tabes, and Tubercular
Meningitis.
Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | Deaths per1,000of Total Deaths, under one year. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | 6 | 1.6 | 9.1 | |
Whooping Cough | 42 | 11.3 | 6.37 | |
Other Common Infectious Diseases | 8 | 2.1 | 12.1 | |
Diarrhœa | 109 | 29.3 | 164.2 | |
Tubercular Diseases | 45 | 12.1 | 68.2 | |
Convulsions | 36 | 9.8 | 54.6 | |
Other Nervous Diseases | 13 | 3.5 | 19.7 | |
Lung Diseases (not Phthisis) | 98 | 26.4 | 145.6 | |
Wasting Diseases | 174 | 46.8 | 148.7 | |
Found Dead in Bed | 9 | 2.4 | 13.6 |
(a) These are Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous
Croup, and Enteric Fever.
(b) These are Phthisis, Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica,
and General Tuberculosis.
(c) These are Meningitis and other Diseases of Brain and Spinal
(d) These are Premature Birth, and such ill-defined causes as
Atrophy, Marasmus, Debility, Inanition, &c.