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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table III.-Causes of. and Ages at Death during the
year 1918.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without 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 | |
| All causes | Certified | 432 | 50 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 42 | 88 | 85 | 101 |
| Uncertified | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Diphtheria & Croup | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | 71 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Phthisis(Pul'm'n'ry Tuberculosis) | 42 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 4 | |||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 30 | 1 | 18 | 11 | ||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 43 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 19 | |||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 59 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | |
| Other diseases of | ||||||||||
| respiratory organs | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||
| Alcoholism | ||||||||||
| Nephritis & Bright Disease | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||||
| Other accidents diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth | 18 | 17 | 1 | |||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Suicide | ||||||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 42 | ||
| Diseases, ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 432 | 50 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 42 | 88 | 85 | 101 | |