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 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 2 | .... | 5 | 4 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 5 |
| Measles | .... | .... | .... | 3 | .... | 20 | 5 | 28 | 28 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 28 |
| Hooping-cough | 3 | .... | 1 | 10 | .... | 12 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 28 |
| Small-pox | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | ..... | 3 |
| Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 1 | 4 | .... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | .... | 2 | 3 | 4 | .... | 15 |
| Cholera | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| Typhus | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | .... | 26 |
| Chest Affections | 18 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 51 | 13 | 170 | 53 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 41 | 3 | 170 |
| Influenza | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| All other Causes | 22 | 31 | 3d | 48 | 7 | 65 | 22 | 230 | 92 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 74 | 21 | 230 |
| Accident and Inquests | 5 | 3 | .... | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .... | 29 |
| Total | 58 | 67 | 60 | 106 | 31 | 159 | 53 | 534 | 226 | 18 | 73 | 63 | 130 | 24 | 534 |