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
Islington 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE XIV.
DISEASES &c FROM WHICH PERSONS FOLLOWING TWENTY-ONE DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS HAVE DIED DURING SEVEN YEARS—1858-64.
| Publicans, &c. | Labourers. | Brickmakers. | Law Clerks. | Shoemakers. | Bakers. | Carpenters. | Tailors. | "Watchmakers. | Plasterers. | Butchers. | Printers. | Commercial Clerks. | Goldsmiths & Jewellers. | Bricklayers. | Schoolmasters, | Dressmakers, &c. | Needlewomen. | Domestic Servants. | Laundresses. | Schoolmistreses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 69 | 277 | 24 | 79 | 06 | 62 | 144 | 57 | 62 | 27 | 47 | 70 | 198 | 50 | 55 | 9 | 69 | 57 | 238 | 92 | 18 |
| 1. Small Pox | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 2. Paver | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| or 1.4 p. c. | 3.5 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 22.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||||||
| 3. Erysipelas | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | *3 | *7 | *1 | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Carbuncle | or 2.8 p. c. | 2.2 | 8.3 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 5.5 | |||||
| Pyremia and | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rheumatism | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. OtherSliasmatic Diseases | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5. Syphilis and Stric. of Urethra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Delirium tremens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Gout, Dropsy, Bright's disease | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Stone, Diseases of Kidney, &c.,and Purpura | or 11.5 p. c. | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| or 11.5 p. c. | 2.5 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.5. | 4.0 | 7.2 | 5.7, | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 5.5 | |||||
| 9. Otherdiseasesof digestive system | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
| 10. Apoplexy | 12 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 1 | |
| Paralysis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other diseases ofNervous System | or 17.3 p. c | 16.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 22.5 | 25.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 16.0 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| 11. Disease of Heart | 5 | 27, | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | ||
| or 7.2 p. c. | 16.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 13.0 | 11.1 | ||
| 12. Aneurism of Aorta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Phthisis | 14 | 73 | 3 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 92 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 58 | 21 | |
| or 20.2 p. c. | 32.1 | 12.5 | 39.2 | 26.4 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 28.0 | 24.2 | 25.9 | 44.6 | 31.4 | 46.4 | 34.0 | 16.3 | 22.2 | 42.0 | 35.0 | 24.3 | 22.8 | 22.2 | |
| 14. Bronchitis and Asthma | 10 | 53 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5| | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 12 | 3 |
| or 14.4 p. c. | 23.3 | 12.5 | 8.81 | 16.0 | 25.8 | 18.7 | 21.0 | 9.6 | 14.6 | l1.1 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 22.2 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 16.6 | |
| 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| diseases of Respiratory Organs | 7.4 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 11.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 5.4 | ||||
| 16. Cancer | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | I | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Of Tongue | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Of Abdominal Org. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Of Womb | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Of Breast | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Other Diseases of Womb and Ovaries | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18. Accidental deaths | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 10. Suicides | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 20. Other causes of Death | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 3 |
* Puerperal fever.