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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
Plumstead 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898
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TABLE III.
D iseases , A ges , and L ocalities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shewn as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 year | 1 & under 5 | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 65 | 65 & upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Small Pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membran ous Croup | fevers. | Cholera | Erysipelas | Measles | Whooping Cough | Diarrhœa & Dysentery | Rheumatic Fever | Phthisis | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, | Heart Disease | Cancer | Injuries | All other Diseases | Total | |||||||||||||
| Typhus | hnterio or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WEST PLUMSTEAD | 242 | 79 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 56 | Under 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 115 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 55 | 127 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EAST PLUMSTEAD. | 623 | 213 | 101 | 25 | 24 | 160 | 100 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 83 | 43 | 3 | 123 | 314 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 50 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 130 | 309 | |||||||||||||||||
| WORKHOUSE & INFIRMARY | 227 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 110 | Under 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 102 | 210 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1092 | 298 | 148 | 32 | 36 | 312 | 266 | Under 5 | 1 | 62 | 26 | 103 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 178 | 446 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 100 | 61 | 50 | 21 | 287 | 646 | ||||||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 73 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 7 | Under 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 149 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 69 | Under 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 133 | |||||||||||||||||||||