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 1911-1920.
causes of Death. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. |
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Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 120 | 130 | 105 | 95 | 131 | 84 | 75 | 145 | 19 | 63 |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Epidemic Influenza | 10 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 589 | 146 | 52 |
Whooping Cough | 64 | 50 | 38 | 59 | 46 | 44 | 35 | 129 | 10 | 27 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 30 | 27 | 19 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 42 | 37 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Asiatic Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhæa. Dysentery | 104 | 58 | 139 | 104 | 95 | 50 | 46 | 37 | 62 | 22 |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 107 | 37 | 41 | 103 | 54 | 35 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Fever | a | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Polio-Myelitis | l | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Chicken Pox | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Rotheln | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Parotitis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Vincent's Angina | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Goitre | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 |
Tetanus | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Anthrax, Splenic Fever | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Cowpox, Accidents of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Syphilis | 14 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
Gonorrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phagædena | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 15 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
Pyæmia, Septicæmia | 10 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Puerperal Fever | ... | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Infective Endocarditis | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... |
Boils | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cellulitis | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Mastoiditis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Tonsillitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... |
Empyema of Antrum | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Malarial Fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart. | 14 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
Tuberculosis, total | 413 | 430 | 428 | 427 | 511 | 487 | 497 | 452 | 366 | 292 |
Tubercular Disease of Brain or Meninges, Acute Hydrocephalus | 41 | 44 | 39 | 53 | 71 | 51 | 54 | 35 | 29 | .26 |
Laryngeal and Pulmonary Phthisis | 326 | 345 | 354 | 330 | 388 | 391 | 392 | 387 | 311 | 243 |
Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Disease of Intestine | 18 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
General Tuberculosis, Tubercular Disease of undefined position | 21 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 13 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 7 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 4 | ... | 8 |