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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TABLE 9a.
Deaths belonging to the Sanitary Area with the Causes of Death at all
Ages for the ten years 1903-1912.
Causes of Death. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(a) Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(b) Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(c) No statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 83 | 191 | 154 | 95 | 112 | 77 | 127 | 225 | 120 | 136 |
Scarlet Fever | 18 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 35 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Epidemic Influenza | 28 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 47 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
Whooping Cough | 68 | 118 | 80 | 54 | 103 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 50 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 23 | 26 | 44 | 31 | 36 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 30 | 27 |
Enteric Fever | 23 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Asiatic Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 97 | 101 | 84 | 86 | 59 | 77 | 73 | 49 | 164 | 58 |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 100 | 181 | 99 | 139 | 42 | 111 | 40 | 41 | 167 | 37 |
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Polio-Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Chicken Pox | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 |
Rotheln | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Mumps | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Glanders, Farcy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tetanus | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
Anthrax, Splenic Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cowpox, Accidents of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Syphilis | 21 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
Gonorrhoea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phagædena | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 7 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 8 |
Pyaemia, Septicaemia | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... | 4 |
Infective Endocarditis | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
Carbuncle | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Boils | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Cellulitis | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
Mastoiditis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tonsilitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Malarial Fever | ||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart. | 5 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
Tuberculosis, total | 680 | 651 | 582 | 572 | 550 | 522 | 496 | 462 | 413 | 436 |
Tubercular Disease of Brain or Meninges, Acute Hydrocephalus | 59 | 68 | 53 | 66 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 38 | 41 | 44 |
Laryngeal and Pulmonary Phthisis | 496 | 499 | 443 | 429 | 425 | 403 | 377 | 368 | 326 | 345 |
Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Disease of Intestine | 72 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 3 |
General Tuberculosis, Tubercular Disease of undefined position | 39 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 29 | 21 | 31 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 14 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 |