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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

Southwark 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 9.—Continued.

TABLE 9.—Continued.

Causes of Death.AGES.All Ages
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-M.F.
Scurvy...........................................
Ptomaine Poisoning........................................
Chronic Alcoholism..................167322...129
Acute Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens..................214...1......44
Lead Poisoning............................................
Osteo-arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis.....................1..32......33
Gout........................111......3...
Cancer, Malignant Disease11......1...72448444613...84101
Diabetes Mellitus............1...13571......144
Purpura Hæmorrhagica......1..............1............2...
Hæmophilia1...1..............................11
Anæmia, Leucocythæmia2..............1...32.........53
Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's Disease1...........................11...21
Premature Birth115....................................7045
Debility at Birth14....................................95
Injury at Birth5...................................41
Congenital Defects171.................................126
Want of Breast Milk.............................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus134122..............................8860
Dentition122................................77
Rickets37.................................55
Old Age Senile Decay...........................2441073360120
Convulsions325................................1720
Meningitis17224.........211............2621
Apoplexy...1.........13a161726713446
Softening of Brain.....1............l3552...710
Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis1.....................21105...811
Cerebral Abscess, &c..............................................
Insanity, General Paralysis of Insane............1141283...1...1812
Other forms of Insanity.............................................
Cerebral Tumour...1...............11...........12
Chorea...........................................
Epilepsy...1......11325221...135
Laryngismus Stridulus..................1................1...
Locomotor Ataxy........................311...18...
Paraplegia, Disease of Spinal Cord...1............11...231...63
Peripheral Neuritis.................151............25
Otitis, Otorrhœa...1...12......1...............32
Epistaxis, Diseases of Nose.............................................
Ophthalmia, Disease of Eye.............................................