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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
Erith 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the
year 1913.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total deaths whether of "residents" or "non-residents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs, | 65 and upwards. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All causes | Certified | 295 | 59 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 56 | 89 | 6 |
| Uncertified | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria & Croup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Influenza | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Phthisis(Pul'm'n'ry Tuberculosis) | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Meningitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | |||||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||
| Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nephritis & Bright's Disease | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | |||||||||||
| Other accidents & diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 61 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | |||
| Diseases, ill-defined or unknown | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
| 296 | 59 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 40 | 56 | 89 | 6 | ||
| Sub-entry (included in above figures). | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia (other than Bronchopneumonia) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||