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, 1898
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under 5 | Total all Ages. | Average Total all Ages 1893—97 allowing for increased population. | ||||||||||
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0—1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75-85 | Over 85 | ||||
Specic Febrile or Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
I.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.8 |
Measles | 21 | 37 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | 59 | 82 |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 21 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 35 | 31 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 32 | 26 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 61 | 84 |
Whooping Cough | 15 | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 39 | 68 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 14 |
Simple Continued or Ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Influenza | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 30 |
Tetanus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2.—Diarrhæal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 150 | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 175 | 182 | 135 |
3.—Malarial Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4.Zoogenous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Cowpox, Effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Splenic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5.—Venereal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | 15 |
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 |
6.—Septic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Pyæmia Septicaemia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hyatids, Worms, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III.—Dietetic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 12 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Rickets | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 92 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 14 | 18 |
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 29 | 34 |