London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Deptford 1912
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Chart shewing Principal Causes of Death, 1912.
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
Old Age
Cancer
Pneumonia .,
Bronchitis
Heart Diseases
Congenital Debility & Malformation,
including Premature Birth
Violent Deaths
Diarrhoea
Nephritis and Bright's Disease ..
Measles
Whooping Cough
Other Tuberculous Diseases
Influenza
Other Resperatory Diseases
Tuberculous Meningitis ..
Diphtheria
Alcoholism
Cirrhosis of Liver
Scarlet Fever
Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition
Suicides
Erysipelas
Enteric Fever