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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1915.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoins 1 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 Certified | 378 | 54 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 46 | 74 | 128 | 22 |
| causes Uncertified | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria & Croup | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Influenza | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (Pul'mn'n'ry Tuberculosis) | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 27 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 42 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 36 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 27 | |||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Alcoholism | ||||||||||
| Nephritis & Blight's Disease | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||||
| Other accidents & diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth | 14 | 14 | ||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Suicide | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 110 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 52 | ||
| Diseases, ill-defined or unknown | ||||||||||
| Cercbro S, Men'tis | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 378 | 54 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 46 | 74 | 128 | 22 |