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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the
year 1919.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Tl. 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 Uncertified | 327 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 50 | 77 | 95 | 11 |
| Measles | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria & Croup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Influenza | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Meningitis | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Phthisis (Pul'm'n'ry Tuberculosis) | 32 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 41 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 24 | |||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | |||||
| Broncho-pneumonia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Appendicitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nephritis & Bright's Disease | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other accidents & diseases of parturition and pregnancy | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth | 21 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Suicide | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 68 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Diseases, ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 327 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 50 | 77 | 95 | 11 | |