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 Lambeth]
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reported as present in 32 houses, and sanitary defects were discovered
in 21. Croup claimed 29 houses, and sanitary defects
were discovered in 16. Small Pox infected 3 houses, and sanitary
defects were discovered in 1. In 6 houses Puerperal 1 ever complicated
the lying in period of childbirth, and sanitary defects
were discovered in 5. Diarrhoea having been notified under the
application of Cholera attracted the attention of the Inspectors to
4 houses, all of which were the subjects of sanitary defects;
and sanitary defects were discovered in a house occupied by a
person notified as suffering from Relapsing Fever.
The Deaths occurring in Lambeth from All Causes in the 52 weeks ending Saturday, 2nd January, 1892.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | Co and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total at all Agesp | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 1387 | 864 | 319 | 602 | 1038 | 1373 | 303 | 5886 | |
Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
No statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Measles | 20 | 96 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 128 | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 27 | 17 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 46 | |
Typhus | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Influenza | 7 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 131 | |
Whooping Cough | 93 | 139 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 239 | |
Diphtheria | 5 | 47 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 78 | |
Simple and undefined Fever | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | |
Enteric Fever | ... | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 1 | ... | 28 | |
Simple Cholera | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 117 | 31 | 1 | ... | 3 | 10 | 3 | 165 | |
Remittent Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Cowpox and Vaccination | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
Venereal Affections | 1 | 1 | I | 2 | 27 | ||||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
Pyaemia Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | |
Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | |
Thrush | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ||
Worms and other Par. Disease | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
Starvation, want of breast milk | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | |
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | 1 | ... | 19 | |
Rheu. Fev., Rheu. of the Heart | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | t; | 1 | 22 | ||
Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Gout | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |
Rickets | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | |
Cancer | ... | 2 | ... | 16 | 92 | 85 | 10 | 205 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 38 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 67 | |
Tubercular Meningitis | 25 | 43 | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 84 | |
Phthisis | 4 | 12 | 43 | 201 | I 79 | 24. | ... | 46 | |
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 13 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | 50 | |
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | I | I | 6 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 39 | |
Premature Birth | 157 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 <57 | |
Atelectasis | 6 | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |
Congen. Malformations | 3° | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3° | ||
Old Age | ... | ... | ... | ... | 108 | 112 | 220 | ||
Apoplexy | 1 | ... | 1 | Q | 42 | 107 | 8 | 168 | |
Epilepsy | I | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 24 | ||
Convulsions | 149 | 25 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 176 | |
Other Diseases of Brain, &c. | 34 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 61 | 87 | 12 | 279 |