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
Southwark 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Causes of Death. | AGES. | All Ages | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | M. | F. | |
| Scurvy | |||||||||||||||
| Ptomaine Poisoning | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Acute Alcoholism, Delirium | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lead Poisoning | |||||||||||||||
| Enlarged Thyroid | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Osteo-arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| (Gout | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 1 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 74 | 68 | 19 | 122 | 119 | ||||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Purpura Hemorrhagica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Anremia, Leucocythpemia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's Disease | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Graves' Disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 74 | 44 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Debility at Birth | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Congenital Defects | 28 | l | 18 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 46 | 3 | 29 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Dentition | 1 | l | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rickets | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Old Age, Senile Decay | 26 | 58 | 34 | 61 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 43 | 52 | |||||
| Softening of Brain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebral Abscess, &c | |||||||||||||||
| Insanity, General Paralysis of Insane | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 9 | |||||||
| Other forms of Insanity | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cerebral Tumour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | ||||||
| Laryngismus Stridulus | |||||||||||||||
| Locomotor Ataxy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Paraplegia, Disease of Spinal Cord | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||
| Neuritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Progressive Muscular Atrophy | |||||||||||||||
| Otitis, Otorrihæa | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Epistaxis, Diseases of Nose | |||||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia, Disease of Eye | |||||||||||||||