Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...]
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TABLE 9.
Principal Causes of Death in Newington Infirmaky, Sixteen Years, 1879 to 1894.
1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 2 | 1 | .. | 15 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 |
Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. |
Acute Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 144 | 93 | 129 | 123 | 133 | 111 | 184 | 148 | 139 | 67 | 63 | 67 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 32 |
Phthisis | 94 | 90 | 80 | 64 | 99 | 105 | 100 | 84 | 53 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Pneumonia | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Paralysis | 18 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Apoplexy | 12 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 24 |
Disease of Heart | 10 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
Bright's Disease | .. | 28 | .. | 13 | 2 | 4 | .. | 15 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Natural Decay | 59 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 5 | .. | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Cancer | 15 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 38 | 18 | 29 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .. | 10 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 4 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 |
Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Enteritis | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
Jaundice | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases | 89 | 141 | 131 | 72 | 118 | 133 | 140 | 119 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
Total | 477 | 510 | 519 | 467 | 532 | 511 | 555 | 515 | 343 | 153 | 157 | 126 | 114 | 102 | 111 | 100 |