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. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918 | 1919 | 1920. |
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Thrush | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Actinomycosis | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Hydatid Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Scurvy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ptomaine Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chronic Alcoholism | 14 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Acute Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Lead Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Osteo-arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Gout | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 210 | 216 | 222 | 192 | 200 | 207 | 241 | 203 | 220 | 221 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 13 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 12 |
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Hæmophilia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anosmia, Leucocythæmia | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
Lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's Disease | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | |
Sarcoma | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Enlarged Thymus Gland | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 |
Status Lymphaticus | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Grave's Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Enlarged Thyroid Gland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Premature Birth | 119 | 103 | 101 | 105 | 116 | 81 | 74 | 69 | 79 | 68 |
Debility at Birth | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 25 |
Injury at Birth | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Congenital Defects | 20 | 20 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 40 | 30 | 16 | 22 | 42 |
Want of Breast Milk | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 105 | 87 | 88 | 74 | 89 | 54 | 19 | 37 | 42 | 80 |
Deatition | 5 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 |
Rickets | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Old Age, Senile Decay | 174 | 249 | 187 | 136 | 159 | 134 | 118 | 120 | 109 | 175 |
Convulsions | 31 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Meningitis | 25 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Apoplexy | 98 | 106 | 116 | 69 | 108 | 111 | 95 | 95 | 91 | 95 |
Softening of Brain | 10 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ... | 2 |
Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Cerebral Abscess, &c. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Insanity, General Paralysis of Insane | 16 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 19 |
Other forms of Insanity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Cerebral Tumour | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Chorea | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Epilepsy | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 8 |
Laryngismus Stridulus | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Locomotor Ataxy | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Paraplegia, Disease of Spinal Cord | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
Peripheral Neuritis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
Neurasthenia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Sclerosis of Brain | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Progressive Muscular Atrophy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Otitis, Otorrhæa | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Epistaxis, Diseases of Nose | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia, Diseases of Eye | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Endocarditis, Valvular Diseases of the Heart | 153 | 153 | 202 | 171 | 209 | 149 | 155 | 171 | 176 | 168 |
Pericarditis | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Hypertrophy of Heart | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |