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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Olave 1893
Annual report on the sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893
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TABLE II.
Deaths Registered in the St- Olave District in the year ending Dec. 31,1893.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total at all ages. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | 1 Year and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15, and under 25. | 25, and under 65. | 65, and upwards. | |||
| I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 38 | |
| II—PARASITIC DISEASES | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| III.—DIETETIC DISEASES | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 59 | |
| V.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | 25 | |
| VI.—LOCAL DISEASES | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 | G4 | 25 | 132 | |
| VII.—DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 18 | |
| VIII.—DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED and NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | |
| Totals | 55 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 118 | 46 | 285 | |
| L—SPECIFIC, FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||
| Smallpox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Diphtheria | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 2.—Diarrhœl Diseases. | ||||||||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | |
| 3.—Malarial Diseases. | ||||||||
| Remittent Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | ||||||||
| Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5.—Venereal Diseases. | ||||||||
| Syphilis | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | |
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Pyæmia, Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |