Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of proper nursing | 1 |
Diseases of Liver | 1 |
Drowning | 24 |
Epilepsy | 5 |
Gastric Ulcer | 4 |
General Paralysis of the Insane | 1 |
Haemorrhage | 1 |
Heart Disease | 84 |
Intestinal Obstruction | 1 |
Meningitis | 2 |
Murder | 3 |
Osteo-myelitis | 1 |
Post Partum Hæmorrhage | 1 |
Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 |
Rupture of extra-uterine gestation | 1 |
Rupture of varicose vein in leg | 1 |
Senility | 1 |
Septicaemia | 2 |
Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the influence of an anaesthetic | 8 |
Strangulated Hernia | 1 |
Suicide | 30 |
Syphilis | 3 |
Affecting Children (under five years of age) :— | |
Accidents | 13 |
Accidents and Inattention at Birth | 6 |
Atelectasis | 6 |
Bronchitis | 2 |
Burns and Scalds | 13 |
Circumcision | 1 |
Congenital deformity | 1 |
Convulsions | 40 |
Diarrhœa | 20 |
Gastro-Enteritis | 1 |
Heart Disease | 5 |
Inanition | 1 |
Marasmus | 4 |
Measles | 1 |
Murder | 1 |
Overlying and suffocation in bed with the parents | 27 |
Pneumonia | 35 |