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 Rotherhithe]
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63
Causes of Death
Under
one
year
One
to
Five
Five
to
Twenty
Twenty
to
Forty
Forty
to
Sixty
Sixty
to
Eighty
Eighty
and
Upwards
Total
Premature Birth
23
...
...
...
...
...
...
23
Atelectasis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Old Age
...
...
...
...
2
16
15
33
Apoplexy
...
...
...
1
3
12
1
17
Paralysis
...
...
...
...
1
6
1
8
Epilepsy
...
...
...
3
...
1
...
4
Convulsions
16
1
...
...
...
...
...
17
Other Diseases of Brain
...
3
3
4
5
4
1
20
Diseases of Circulatory System
1
1
6
11
16
16
2
53
Croup
1
9
...
...
...
...
...
10
Bronchitis
37
21
1
3
25
37
2
126
Broncho-Pneumonia
21
25
3
1
5
1
1
57
Pneumonia
9
17
1
10
19
7
2
65
Pleuro-Pneumonia
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Pleurisy
...
...
1
1
2
1
...
5
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs
...
...
...
1
3
...
...
4
Dentition
5
6
...
...
...
...
...
11
Enteritis
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
5
Peritonitis
...
...
2
1
2
...
...
5
Other Diseases of Digestive Organs
1
...
1
...
2
1
...
5
Hernia
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
Diseases of Urinary System
...
1
2
2
5
5
1
16
Diseases of Generative System
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
3
Diseases of the Locomotive System
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
2
Accidents—Fractures
1
1
2
3
...
7
Wounds
...
2
...
...
...
2
Burns and Scalds
...
3
1
...
2
...
...
6
Poisoning
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Drowning
...
...
2
8
2
3
...
15
Suffocation
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Other Causes
...
...
3
2
1
1
...
7
Suicide—Wounds
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Poison
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Drowning
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
3
Hanging
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other Causes
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently,
JOSEPHUS SHAW, Medical Officer of Health.