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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

Croydon 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Deaths Registered from all Causes—continued.

Deaths Registered from all Causes—continued.

Ages.Totals.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & up-wds
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases....................................
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases....................................
III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation6..............................6
Scurvy....................................
Chronic Alcoholism............1......1.........2
Delirium Tremens...............1...............1
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart......21...1...............4
Rheumatism....................................
Gout..................111......3
RicketsI1...........................2
Cancer, Malignant Disease............123821...17
Tabes Mesenterica4..............................4
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus11...........................2
PhthisisI21755222......27
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula2111.........1.........6
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis....................................
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia...............1...............1
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus..................1............1
Other Constitutional Diseases....................................
V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth16..............................16
Atelectasis1..............................1
Congenital Malformations1..............................1
Old Age........................2111124
VI.—LOCAL DISEASES. 1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes112.........1............5
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis.........1...33554223
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane..................11.........2
Epilepsy....................................
Convulsions93...........................12
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)....................................
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans.........1............21...4
Other Diseases of Nervous System1......1......1............3
2, —Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
(e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose)....................................