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 London, City of ]
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Causes of Death. | Nbtt Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether OF " Residents '' or "NonResidents " in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||||
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All Ages | Jnder 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and'45 and under under 45 55 years, years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | ||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | |
All Causes. | 103 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 472 | |||
l. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | |||||||||||||
2. | Measles | |||||||||||||
3. | Scarlet Fever | 1 | ||||||||||||
4. | Whooping Cough | |||||||||||||
5. | Diphtheria | 1 | ||||||||||||
6. | Influenza | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | |||||||||||||
8. | Cerebro.spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
9. | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
10. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
11. | Syphilis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | ||||||||||||||
13. | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 83 | ||||||
Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
15. | Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
16. | Heart Disease | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 33 | |||||
17. | Aneurysm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Other Circulatory Diseases | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
Bronchitis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||
Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 | |||||||||||||
Peptic Ulcer | 22 | |||||||||||||
Diarrhoea, &c. | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Appendicitis | ||||||||||||||
25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | ||||||||||||
26. | Other Diseases of Liver, &c. | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 1 | ||||||||||||
28. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
30. | Other Puerperal Causes | |||||||||||||
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, &c. | 3 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||||
Senility | ||||||||||||||
Suicide | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
34. | Other Violence | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 36 | |||||||
35. | Other Defined Causes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 113 | ||||||||
36. | Causes ill.defined or unknown | |||||||||||||
103 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 472 |