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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

Ilford 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: TABLE (IV).Cause of , and Ages at, Death during Year 1900, in the Ilford Urban District.

TABLE (IV).

Cause of , and Ages at, Death during Year 1900, in the Ilford Urban District.

Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.)Deaths in Public Institutions.
All AgesUnder 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Claybury Asylum.Dr. Barnardo's Village Homes.Isolation Hospital.Workhouse.
Measles2...11...............1.........1
Whooping-cough615...............1............1
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup4...4..................3.........3
Croup11....................................
FeverTyphus.......................................
Enteric4.........13.........8......8
Other contin'd.......................................
Epidemic Influenza12...11...6414...............14
Cholera..........................................
Plague..........................................
Diarrhœa31245......113...............3
Enteritis22202............1...............1
Puerperal Fever1.........1...........................
Erysipelas1............1...1...............1
Other Septic Diseases1............1...1...............1
Phthisis191...1215...283............31
Other tubercular Diseases1356......2...21............3
Cancer, Malignant Disease11............837...............7
Bronchitis35172......3139...............9
Pneumonia4674......4119...............19
Pleurisy1............1........................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1071......2...15...............15
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver3............3........................
Venereal Diseases11....................................
Premature Birth2222....................................
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition4............4........................
Heart Diseases26...1......15108...............8
Accidents52.........21.....................
Suicides4............4........................
All other Causes106396212137118...1.........444
All Causes3611473855967022651325......269