London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1894
Annual report for 1894 of the Medical Officer of Health
This page requires JavaScript
55
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1894.
APPENDIX C.
Table I.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | borough road | london road | Kent Road. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | • • • | ... |
| Measles | 41 | 29 | 31 |
| Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 6 | 8 |
| Whooping-Cough | 44 | 16 | 16 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | 1 | ... | ... |
| Influenza | 3 | 2 | ... |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 29 | 18 | 6 |
| 3.—Malarial Diseases. | |||
| ... | ... | ... | |
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||
| Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | • •• |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, and Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... |
| 5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||
| Syphilis | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
| Erysipelas | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Pyæmia, Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Thrush | ... | ... | ... |
| Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | 1 | ... | • • . |
| Scurvy | • •• | • « • | . . . |
| Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart. | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Rheumatism | 14 | ... | ... |
| Gout | ... | ... | ... |
| Rickets | 1 | • • • | 1 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Phthisis | 28 | 22 | 19 |
| Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 14 | 8 | 14 |
| Purpura, Hemorrhagic Diathesis | ... | • •• | ... |
| Anænna, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | 12 | ... | ... |
| Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus | • •• | ... | |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 14 | ... | ... |
| Carried forward | 268 | 121 | 128 |