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. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |