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 30th, 1899
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under 5 | Total all Ages. | Average Total all Ages 1893—98 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 | ||||
1.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.5 |
Measles | 10 | 52 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | 68 | 84 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 23 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 33 | 35 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 35 | 21 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 59 | 88 |
Whooping Cough | 28 | 25 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 | 54 | 70 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 13 |
Simple Continued or 111-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0.2 |
Influenza | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 28 |
Tetanus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0.3 |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 0.5 |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 152 | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 168 | 183 | 157 |
3.—Malarial Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Cowpox, Effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.3 |
Splenic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. — Venereal Diseases. | . c. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 14 | 16 |
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethral | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 |
6-Septic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Pyæmia Septicæmia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. Thrush | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydatids, Worms, &c | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0.0 |
III.—Dietetic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.5 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.5 |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 |
Rickets | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 102 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 15 | 21 |
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 30 | 36 |