Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)
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appendix : deaths in local public institutions. 57
Causes of Death. | Work house. | Infirmary. | Lock Hosp. | Child ren's Hosp. | St Mary's Hosp. | Women's Hosp. for Children. | Nursing Homes. |
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Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | 49 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping Cough | ... | 39 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | ... | 9 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | 10 | ... | 6 | 16 | 11 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Other Septic Diseases | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 18 | ... | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Acute Phthisis | 6 | 261 | ... | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
Tub. Meningitis A. Hydrocephalus | ... | 21 | ... | 48 | 29 | 7 | ... |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis | ... | 51 | 1 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
Syphilis | 9 | 24 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Cancer | 30 | 162 | 1 | 192 | ... | 57 | |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | ... |
Alcoholism | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | ... | 6 | ... | 24 | 5 | 1 | ... |
Simple Meningitis | ... | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ... | |
Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 24 | 31 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 9 |
Convlsuions | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Heart Disease | 137 | 199 | ... | 6 | 62 | 2 | 12 |
Bronchitis | 100 | 89 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 7 | 83 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 4 | 25 | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | 4 |
Pneumonia | 8 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 9 | |
Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | ... | 12 | ... | 7 | 8 | ... | 2 |
Diseases of the Stomach | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 36 | 1 | 3 |
Diarrhæa and Enteritis | 4 | 145 | 1 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Appendicitis | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 53 | ... | 5 |
Obstruction of Intestines | 1 | 20 | ... | 11 | 60 | ... | 3 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 21 | ... | 2 | 13 | ... | 4 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 7 | 36 | ... | 9 | 61 | 1 | 3 |
Tumours (N.—M.), &c., Fem.Genital Organs | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 13 | ... | 7 |
Puerperal Fever | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Congenital Defects | 3 | 8 | ... | 36 | 9 | 3 | ... |
Premature Birth | 11 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Developmental Diseases | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Old Age | 178 | 53 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Suicide | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... |
Other Accidents and Violence | 6 | 84 | 1 | 24 | 207 | 4 | 3 |
Homicide | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Ill-defined Causes | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
All other Causes | 65 | 129 | 3 | 46 | 201 | 2 | 36 |
All Causes | 625 | 1700 | 83 | 476 | 1184 | 43 | 205 |
Non-Residents | 44 | 69 | 76 | 356 | 888 | 28 | 115 |
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