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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

Kensington 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909

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Table: TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1909.

TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1909.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5 years.Totals— Under Five Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and under 85 years.85 yearsand upwards.Totals— Above Five Years.
TotalMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFTotal
GENERAL DISEASES.
Small-pox.............................................................................................
Measles583226662619322557...1...................................................11
Scarlet Fever963......4242621................................................213
Typhus Fever.............................................................................................
Epidemic Influenza753045111...213......33...12122...79146122284472
Whooping-Cough40172389813162 23811................................................112
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup1981131568715...4...................................................44
Enteric Fever844...........................122...11.........1..................448
Asiatic Cholera.............................................................................................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery211110853111617...........................2.........2...............44
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis299207162492029...............................................................
Cerebro-Spinal Fever2111......1112...1.........................................................
Varicella1...1...........................................................................11
Hydrophobia..........................................1................................................
Glanders, Farcy11...........................................................................1...1
Tetanus2l1...1.........11............1.......................................1...1
Anthrax, Splenic Fever.............................................................................................
Cow-pox, Accidents of Vaccination.............................................................................................
Syphilis221391061111718..................1...11...1..................224
Gonorrhœa11............................................................1...............1...1
Phagedæna......• • •....................................................................................
Erysipelas10552.........2...2.................................121...3......358
Puerperal Fever4...4....................................2...2.................................44
Pyæmia, Septicæmia83511......1121......1............11...2..................246
Spetic, Ulcerative or Infective Endo- carditis2...2..............................1...............1...........................22
Canerum oris11.........11...1...............................................................
Stomatitis22...1...1...2...2...............................................................
Carbuncle312.............................................1......1...1............123
Cellulitis9451.........1...1...............1111............211......358
Carried forward327150177494652471019319448474455675131220716244984133