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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 1915

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1915

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Table: TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1915.

TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1915.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under 5 Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals- Above 5 Years.
TotalMFMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFTotal
I. GENERAL DISEASES.
Enteric Fever122...1...............1...1............1...............1...1
Measles61105357151022251316505110133...2.........1......369
Scarlet Fever71156......21224371......2.........1......134
Whooping-Cough82181345212681220...1...........................11
Diphtheria9A1661......12314371611..................279
Influenza1062303021.........1224......1...73991118283058
Dysentery14321.................................1......11.........213
Erysipelas18321...1...............11......1...............1...2...2
Other epidemic diseases (Rothel)191...1.........1.........11.......................................
Pyæmia, Septicæmia æ203121...............1...1.....................2.........22
Tetanus241...1...1...............11.......................................
Actinomycosis2511......................................................1...1...1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis28AB17898801......2...11342261852303321469777174
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis29B514...........................1......3...1............145
Tuberculous Meningitis30281992...337412719121...1...1.........729
Tuberculosis of Peritoneum, &c.31AB3317161074123161127...21......2...1......156
Tuberculosis of Joints33321...............1...11......1...............1...2...2
Tuberculosis of other organs3422...............1...1...1..................1.........1...1
Disseminated Tuberculosis35114712...1...1145...22...1......1......336
Rickets3611.........1.........1...1.......................................
Syphilis37147752...1......538...............123......246
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3811...1...............1...1.......................................
Cancer39-1520365138.......................................5153368275565138203
Other tumours461...1......................................................1...11
Rheumatic Fever47523............1...1...1...1............12......134
Chronic Rheumatism, &c.48 AB523...................................................23235
Gout480541................................................14...415
Diabetes50301020.......................................1255413102030
Exophthalmic goître511...1..........................................1...............11
Addison's Disease.521...1..........................................1...............11
Leucocythæmia, &c.53AB2...2..........................................2...............22
Carried forward763345418432935383136109103212121915266859861155596236315551

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15 Deaths of members of H.M Forces have been excluded from this Table.