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
Kingston upon Thames 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined AGES. | Dkaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 & under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 15 upwards. | Brook w ood Asylum. | ||
| Small-pox | |||||||||
| Measles | 33 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Scarlet fever | |||||||||
| Whooping-cough | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Diphtheria & membranous croup | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Croup | |||||||||
| Fever:— | |||||||||
| Typhus | |||||||||
| Enteric | 5 | 1 | i | 3 | |||||
| Other continued | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Cholera | |||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 18 | 16 | 2 | ||||||
| Enteritis | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Puerperal fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Other septic diseases Phthisis | 3 41 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 125 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 18 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 36 | 2 | 15 | 19 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 39 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 35 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pleurisy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs. | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Alcoholism | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Cirrhosis of liver | |||||||||
| Venereal diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Premature birth | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| Diseases & accidents of Parturition | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Heart diseases | 47 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 10 | |||
| Accidents | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Suicides | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| All other causes | 160 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 52 | 14 | 45 |
| All causes | 515 | no | 63 | 26 | 20 | 168 | 128 | 17 | 71 |