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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
Shoreditch 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE XXXII.
ANALYSIS of the Cases Treated by the District Medical Officers of the Parish
| Diseases. | Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|
| All Causes 3314 | 38 Congenital malformations — | |
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 39 Old age 176 | |
| 40 Apoplexy 3 | ||
| 1 Small Pox | Vaccinated — | 41 Epilepsy 27 |
| Unvaccinated— | 42 Convulsions 8 | |
| No Statement— | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system128 | |
| 2 Measles 37 | ||
| 3 Scarlet fever 9 | ||
| 4 Typhus— | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense 10 | |
| 5 Relapsing fever— | ||
| 6 Influenza 104 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system 159 | |
| 7 Whooping Cough 31 | ||
| 46 Laryngitis 2 | ||
| 8 Diphtheria 2 | 47 Bronchitis 829 | |
| 9 Simple, Continued and ill- defined fever 14 | ||
| 48 Pneumonia 38 | ||
| 10 Enteric fever 2 | 49 Pleurisy 15 | |
| 50 Other respiratory diseases. 33 | ||
| 11 Simple cholera— | ||
| 12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery 78 | ||
| 51 Dentition 3 | ||
| 13 Remittent fever | 52 Quinzy, sore throat 27 | |
| 14 Hydrophobia — | 53 Enteritis 40 | |
| 15 Glanders - | 54 Peritonitis — | |
| 16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination — | 55 Diseases of liver 12 | |
| 56 Other diseases of digestive system 173 | ||
| 17 Venereal affections 20 | ||
| 18 Erysipelas 21 | ||
| 19 Pyæmia and Septicæmia — | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands 11 | |
| 20 Puerperal fever — | ||
| 21 Tabes Mesenterica 3 | ||
| 58 Diseases of urinary system 32 | ||
| 22 Tubercular Meningitis 1 | ||
| 23 Phthisis 138 | ||
| 59 Diseases of generative system 18 | ||
| 24 Scrofula, Tuberculosis 10 | ||
| 25 Other Zymotic diseases 41 | GO Accidents of childbirth 7 | |
| DISEASES OTHER THAN ZYMOTIC. | 61 Diseases of locomotive system 108 | |
| 26 Thrush 1 | ||
| 62 Diseases of integumentary system 67 | ||
| 27 Worms and other parasitic diseases 9 | ||
| 28 Starvation,want of breast-milk 2 29 Alcoholism 29 | VIOLENCE.—Accident. | |
| 30 Rheumatic fever and Rheumatism of heart 26 | 63 Fracture and contusion 16 | |
| 64 Gun shot wounds — | ||
| 31 Rheumatism 246 | 65 Cut, stab 1 | |
| 32 Gout 44 | 66 Burn or scald 5 | |
| 33 Rickets 3 | 67 Poison 11 | |
| 34 Cancer 9 | 68 Drowning — | |
| 35 Other constitutional diseases 62 | 69 Suffocation — | |
| 36 Premature birth — | 70 Otherwise 58 | |
| 71 Other Causes 365 | ||
| 37 Atelectasis — | ||