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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: Table III. (continued). Females.

Table III. (continued). Females.

Diseases.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES (continued).
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas2.........1.........2......5
Pyæmia, Septicæmia..................1............1
Puerperal Fever.........31..................4
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Para sitic Diseases.........11..................2
III.-DIETIC DISEASES.
Chronic Alcoholism............11421......9
IV—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart..........1........................1
Rickets...1...........................1
Cancer, Malignant Disease.........11616202314384
Tabes Mesenterica21...........................3
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus8813.....................20
Phthisis2517202012521...75
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula1...42211............11
Anæmia, Chlorosis. Leucocytbæmia...1...1111...1......6
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.........1......131......6
V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth21..............................21
Atelectasis3..............................3
Congenital Malformations31...........................4
Old Age.....................112251452
VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
1.—Diseases op Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes...113......21.........3
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis...............13141017348
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane.........1......1...11...4
Epilepsy......111...21.........6
Convulsions611........................8
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)...1...........................1
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans........................31...4
Other Diseases of Nervous System......1......1...1...115