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 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
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Thrush | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Actinomycosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Hydatid Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scurvy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Chronic Alcoholism | 16 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
Acute Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Lead Poisoning | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Osteo-arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Gout | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 178 | 187 | 189 | 210 | 216 | 222 | 192 | 200 | 207 | 241 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 9 |
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Haemophilia | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Anemia, Leucocythasmia | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's Disease | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ... |
Sarcoma | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enlarged Thymus Gland | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Status Lymphaticus | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
Graves' Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Enlarged Thyroid Gland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Premature Birth | 116 | 108 | 111 | 119 | 103 | 101 | 105 | 116 | 81 | 74 |
Debility at Birth | 6 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 11 |
Injury at Birth | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Congenital Defects | 39 | 45 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 40 | 30 |
Want of Breast Milk | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 108 | 104 | 107 | 105 | 87 | 88 | 74 | 89 | 54 | 19 |
Dentition | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
Rickets | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Old Age, Senile Decay | 208 | 201 | 162 | 174 | 249 | 187 | 136 | 159 | 134 | 118 |
Convulsions | 39 | 26 | 27 | 81 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 13 |
Meningitis | 13 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 14 |
Apoplexy | 83 | 102 | 97 | 98 | 106 | 116 | 69 | 108 | 111 | 95 |
Softening of Brain | 14 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 7 |
Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | 14 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 6 |
Cerebral Abscess, &c | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... |
Insanity, General Paralysis of Insane | 29 | 28 | 39 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 32 |
Other forms of Insanity | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
Cerebral Tumour | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
Chorea | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
Epilepsy | 12 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 21 |
Laryngismus Stridulus | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Locomotor Ataxy | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Paraplegia, Disease of Spinal Cord | 8 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
Peripheral Neuritis | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 |
Neurasthenia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sclerosis of Brain | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Progressive Muscular Atrophy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
Otitis, Otorrœha | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Epistaxis, Diseases of Nose | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia, Diseases of Eye | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Endocarditis, Valvular Diseases of the Heart | 169 | 159 | 162 | 153 | 153 | 202 | 171 | 209 | 149 | 155 |
Pericarditis | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Hypertrophy of Heart | 2 | ... | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |