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
Greenwich 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich District]
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| CAUSES. | Greenwich East. | Greenwich Hospital. | Union House. | Greenwich West. | Dreadnought Hospital. | St. Paul, Deptford. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Total. | Under10 Years. | 10to 20. | 20 to 40. | 40 to 60. | 60 to 80. | 80 and Upwards. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlatina | 9 | .... | ... | 2 | .... | 13 | .... | 24 | 22 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 24 |
| Measles | 5 | 1 | .... | 7 | .... | 26 | 8 | 47 | 47 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 47 |
| Hooping-cough | 14 | .... | 1 | 18 | .... | 37 | 7 | 77 | 75 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 77 |
| Small-pox | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | 9 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 14 |
| Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 8 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 8 | 90 | 65 | .... | 4 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 90 |
| Cholera | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 |
| Typhus | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 79 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 10 | .... | 79 |
| Chest Affections | 72 | 112 | 63 | 139 | 40 | 183 | 52 | 661 | 184 | 31 | 140 | 113 | 165 | 28 | 661 |
| Influenza | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 |
| All other Causes | 106 | 100 | 106 | 171 | 35 | 259 | 55 | 832 | 313 | 24 | 82 | 86 | 259 | 68 | 832 |
| Accidents and Inquests | 11 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 71 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 10 | .... | 71 |
| Total | 240 | 239 | 187 | 380 | 100 | 608 | 143 | 1897 | 760 | 77 | 264 | 236 461 | 99 | 1897 | |