Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Causes of Death. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. |
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Brought forward | 86 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 55 |
Ptomaine Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - |
Chronic Alcoholism | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 |
Acute Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Lead Poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Osteo.arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis | - | - | - | - | - |
Gout | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Diabetes Mellitus | - | - | - | - | |
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | - | - | - | - | - |
Hæmophilia | - | - | - | - | - |
Anæmia, Leucocythæmia | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's Disease | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Premature Birth | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Debility at Birth | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - |
Congenital Defects | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
Want of Breast Milk | - | - | - | - | - |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Dentition | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Rickets | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
Old Age, Senile Decay | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Phagsedena | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - |
Pyæmia, Septicæmia | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Puerperal Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Infective Endocarditis | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Carbuncle | - | - | - | - | - |
Malarial Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculosis, total: | |||||
Tubercular Disease of Brain or Meninges, Acute Hydrocephalus | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Laryngeal and Pulmonary Phthisis | 23 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 11 |
Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Disease of Intestine | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
General Tuberculosis, Tubercular Disease of undefined position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Thrush | - | - | - | - | - |
Actinomycosis | - | - | - | - | - |
Hydatid Disease | - | - | |||
Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - |
Carried forward | 86 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 55 |