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
West Ham 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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Deaths from Various Causes at different Age Periods.
| All Ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 | 60-80 | 80 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | Vaccinated | ||||||||
| Unvaccinated | |||||||||
| No Statement | |||||||||
| Measles | 204 | 43 | 147 | 14 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Typhus | 1 | _ | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||
| Influenza | 60 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | 92 | 41 | 49 | 2 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 189 | 7 | 120 | 61 | — | 1 | |||
| Simple Continued Fever | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 89 | — | 4 | 22 | 50 | 13 | |||
| Cholera and Choleraic | |||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 18 | 14 | 3 | _ | — | 1 | |||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 436 | 342 | 83 | 1 | 3 | — | 7 | ||
| Remittent Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Hydrophobia | |||||||||
| Glanders | |||||||||
| Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | |||||||||
| Venereal Affections | 20 | 17 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 15 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | ||
| Pysemia and Septicaemia | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | — | _ | _ | 7 | ||||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 6 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| Thrush | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Worms and other Parasitic Diseases | |||||||||
| Starvation, want of Breast Milk | 23 | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| Alcoholism | 17 | — | — | — | 7 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 14 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rheumatism | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gout | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||