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, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Annnal Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1895. 69
APPENDIX B.
Table I .
CAUSE OF DEATH. | BOROUGH ROAD | LONDON ROAD | Kent Road. |
---|---|---|---|
I. Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases. 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 23 | 13 | 35 |
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Diphtheria | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Whooping-Cough | 24 | 16 | 16 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Influenza | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||
Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 24 | 17 | 18 |
3.—Malarial Diseases. | |||
e.g., Remittent Fever, Ague) | ... | ... | ... |
4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||
Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, and Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... |
5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||
Syphilis | 1 | 2 | ... |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
Erysipelas | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Pyæmia, Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | |||
Thrush | ... | ... | ... |
Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
III.—Dietic Diseases. | |||
Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | ... |
Scurvy | ... | ... | ... |
Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 4 | 2 | 1 |
IV. Constitutional Diseases. | |||
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Rheumatism | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Gout | ... | 2 | ... |
Rickets | ... | ... | 7 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 5 | 1 | 11 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 14 | 7 | 6 |
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 6 | 2 | ... |
Phthisis | 36 | 29 | 26 |
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 12 | 12 | 6 |
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | ... | ... | ... |
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | 24 | 6 | 1 |
Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | ... | 1 |
Carried forward | 230 | 137 | 152 |
TABLE II.
Summary of Return of Cause of Death (Corrected.)
Cause of Death.
Total.
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases
1. Miasmatic Diseases
136
2. Diarrhœal Diseases
59
5. Venereal Diseases
3
6. Septic Diseases
18
II.—Parasitic Diseases
—
III.—Dietic Diseases
7
IV.—Constitutional Diseases
262
V.—Developmental Diseases
53
VI.—Local Diseases:—
1. Diseases of Nervous System
82
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense
...
3. Diseases of Circulatory System
70
4. Diseases of Respiratory System
323
5. Diseases of Digestive System
66
8. Diseases of Urinary System
4
9. Diseases of Reproductive System:—
Parturition
10
10. Diseases of Locomotive System
6
VII. —Violence:—
Suicide, Accident, Negligence, &c.
43
VIII.—Deaths from ill-defined and not specified causes
110
Total
1342