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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
Penge 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| 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 yrs | 2 and under 5 yrs | 5 and under 15yrs | 15 and under 25yrs | 25 and under 45 yrs | 45 and under 65 yrs | 65 and upwards | |||
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All causes | Certified | 309 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 60 | 125 | 309 |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Influenza | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Other Tuberculousd'ses | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Cancer, malignant | 32 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | ||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 34 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | ||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | ||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | |||||||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Appendicitis &Typhlitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Alcoholism | |||||||||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Congenital Debility and malformation including premature birth | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Suicide | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Other defined diseases | 63 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 63 | |
| Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | ||||||
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 22 | |||||
| Totals | 309 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 60 | 125 | 309 | |