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

Paddington 1898

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898

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Table: Males. Table III. (continued).

Males. Table III. (continued).

Diseases.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES (continued).
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas11...............1.........3
Pyemia, Septicaemia11.........11......1...5
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation1..............................1
Scurvy1..............................1
Chronic Alcoholism...............113.........6
Delirium Tremens.....................1......1
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart......21.....................3
Gout.................................1
Rickets...2...........................2
Cancer, Malignant Disease1............3778531
Tabes Mesenterica12..............................12
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus7112........................20
Phthisis3121018223372......98
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula21121...11.........9
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia..................1...1......2
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.....................42......6
V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. Premature Birth39..............................39
Atelectasis7..............................7
Congenital Malformations6..............................6
Old Age........................411419
VI.-LOCAL DISEASES.
1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes1......3...211.........8
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis...............13697329
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane............211112...8
Epilepsy......2......211...1...7
Convulsions123...........................15
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)21...........................3
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans............11112......6
Other Diseases of Nervous SystemI1......1...1 1...1......5