London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lee 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lee]
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K2 3.
(A.) Table of DEATHS
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutious being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages, | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ELTHAM PARISH | 72 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 18 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 40 | ||||||||
| COTTAGE HOSPITAL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 75 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 19 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 43 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto. | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Under 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||