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 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich District]
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| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES AT TIME OF DEATH. | CAUSES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | Under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 20 | 20 to 30 | 30 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 to 90 | 90 andupwards- | Scarlatina. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Small Pox. | Diarrhosa & Dysentery. | Fever. | Phthisis. | Heart and Chest Diseases, beside Phthisis. | Croup. | Intestinal Affections. | Brain Disease. | Diptheria. | Puerperal Fever | Atrophy & Old Age. | Influenza. | Cholera. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 136 | 138 | 274 | 131 | , 123 | 254 | 87 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 34 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 1 | ... | 31 | 5 | 254 |
| February | 116 | 119 | 235 | 131 | 83 | 214 | 75 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 18 | 17 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 27 | ... | 27 | 6 | 214 | ||
| March | 123 | 129 | 252 | 112 | 87 | 199 | 64 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 26 | ... | 27 | 7 | 199 | ||
| First Quarter | 375 | 386 | 761 | 374 | 293 | 667 | 226 | 29 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 96 | 145 | 42 | 8 | 56 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 65 | 130 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 12 | 3 | 87 | 1 | ... | 85 | 18 | 667 |
| April | 155 | 146 | 301 | 132 | 88 | 220 | 69 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 32 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 21 | 25 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | ... | 22 | ... | ... | 42 | 8 | 220 |
| May | 148 | 133 | 281 | 107 | 103 | 210 | 74 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 47 | 15 | ... | 13 | 7 | ... | 1 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 25 | ... | 48 | 10 | 210 | |
| June | 128 | 117 | 245 | 70 | 56 | 126 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 33 | 5 | 126 | ||
| Second Quarter | 431 | 396 | 827 | 309 | 247 | 556 | 179 | 21 | 21 | 37 | 36 | 95 | 124 | 38 | 5 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 81 | 104 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 51 | ... | 123 | 23 | 556 | |
| July | 112 | 110 | 222 | 72 | 64 | 136 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 10 | 25 | 22 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | 37 | 1 | 136 |
| August | 130 | 110 | 240 | 88 | 56 | 144 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ••• | 8 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 45 | 144 | ||
| September | 136 | 153 | 289 | 104 | 78 | 182 1 | 82 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 8 | ... | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 13 | ... | ... | 41 | 5 | 182 | ||
| Third Quarter | 378 | 373 | 751 | 264 | 198 | 462 | 167 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 38 | 57 | 105 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 45 | ... | ... | 123 | 6 | 462 170 | |
| October | 114 | 98 | 212 | 95 | 75 | 170 | 54 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | 10 | 12 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 38 | 4 | |
| November | 125 | 113 | 238 | 89 | 70 | 159 | 49 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 33 | 6 | 159 | ||
| December | 151 | 129 | 280 | 136 | 105 | 241 | 90 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 54 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | ... | 6 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 27 | ... | 51 | 4 | 241 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 390 | 340 | 730 | 320 | 250 | 570 | 193 | 22 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 86 | 119 | 35 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 64 | 143 | 7 | 11 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 45 | ... | ... | 122 | 14 | 570 |
| TOTALS | 1574 | 1495 | 3069 | 1267 | 988 | 2255 765 | 87 | 96 | 156 | 165 | 334 | 493 | 141 | 18 | 135 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 58 | 136 | 280 | 441 | 27 | 35 | 292 | 25 | 9 | 228 | 1 | ... | 453 | 61 | 2255 | |
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