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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

Paddington 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: Males. Table III. (continued).

Males. Table III. (continued).

Diseases.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES (continued).
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas...1...............111...4
Pyæmia, Septicæmia1......2............1......4
II—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases1..............................1
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Para sitic Diseases........................1.......1
III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation3..............................3
Chronic Alcoholism.........1...21............4
Delirium Tremens...............1...............1
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatism......1............1..........2
Gout.....................11.........2
Cancer, Malignant Disease................51115214157
Tabes Mesenterica521........................8
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus452........................11
Phthisis...2110152120944...86
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula122221......1.......11
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia.........1......1............2
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus...............112...1...5
V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth35..............................35
Atelectasis3..............................3
Congenital Malformations51...........................6
Old Age........................512320
VI.-LOCAL DISEASES.
1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes211...3..................7
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis......1......21886127
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane...............43332...15
Epilepsy.........3111...............6
Convulsions173...........................20
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)...1...........................1
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans1.....................23......6
Other Diseases of Nervous System......1......1......1......3