Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE III. WHOLE PARISH—MALES.
| Cause of Death. | AGES. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 & up|wards. | Totals. | 55 to 60 | ||
| Classes. | ||||||||||||||
| I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 48 | 63 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 155 | 2 | |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | |
| III. Dietic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 18 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 3 | ... | 177 | 10 | |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 45 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 3 | 65 | ... | |
| VI. Local Diseases | 75 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 47 | 52 | 45 | 51 | 42 | 10 | 381 | 25 | |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 50 | 2 | |
| VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes | 24 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 30 | ... | |
| Totals | 217 | 125 | 35 | 47 | 54 | 95 | 90 | 76 | 67 | 45 | 14 | 865 | 39 | |
| I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 9 | 19 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 3 | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 17 | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 22 | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35 | ... | |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 21 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 1 | |