Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Atles of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | 1 Under 1 year. | 1 and urrder 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years- | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards, j | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
All causes | 1312 | 111 | 23 | 33 | 43 | 61 | 131 | 386 | 266 | 258 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 39 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Meningococcal meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 119 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 31 | 46 | 31 | 4 | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 170 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 77 | 58 | 27 |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 56 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 20 | 16 | 18 |
Heart Disease | 222 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 23 | 75 | 57 | 64 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 57 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 16 | 20 |
Bronchitis | 87 | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 34 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 120 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 20 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea, &c. | 8 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. |
Acute and chronic Nephritis | 49 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 7 |
Puerperal Sepsis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 45 | 44 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suicides | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | |
Other deaths from violence | 39 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | |
Other defined diseases | 197 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 46 | 39 | 52 | |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |