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 Walthamstow]
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Schedule 33.
No. | Causes of Deaths | All Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | St. James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Northern | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District |
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l | Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | Measles | 52 | 8 | 37 | 7 | - | - | - | 18 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | - |
3 | Scarlet Fever | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
4 | Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5 | Epidemic Influenza | 11 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | - |
6 | Whooping Cough | 34 | 12 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 8 | - |
7 | Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 17 | - | 13 | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - |
8 | Croup | - | - | - | - | —. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9 | Enteric Fever | 19 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 10 | - | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
10 | Asiatic Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11 | Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 28 | 23 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | - | 3 | 7 | - |
12 | Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 37 | 26 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 12 | - |
13 | Enteritis | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
14 | Other continued Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | — - | - |
16 | Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
17 | Other Septic diseases | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
18 | Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
19 | Tuberculosis of Meninges | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - |
20 | Tuberculosis of Lungs | 98 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 74 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
21 | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
22 | Alcoholism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
23 | Cancer | 44 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
24 | Premature Birth | 66 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 15 | - |
25 | Developmental Diseases | 90 | 76 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 3 |
26 | Old Age | 54 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 52 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
27 | Meningitis | 15 | 3 | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | - |
28 | Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
29 | Organic Diseases of Heart | 21 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
30 | Acute Bronchitis | 51 | 32 | 12 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | - | |
31 | Chronic Bronchitis | 52 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | - |
32 | Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 41 | 10 | 8 | - | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
33 | Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia | 53 | 30 | 18 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
34 | Diseases of Stomach | 16 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 3 | -- | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
35 | Obstruction of Intestines | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
36 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 12 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
37 | Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 17 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
38 | Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
39 | Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 11 | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - |
40 | Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 40 | 14 | 9 | 5 | - | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
41 | Deaths by Suicide | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
42 | Deaths from Ill-defined Causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
43 | All other Causes | 202 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 86 | 44 | 51 | 30 | 41 | 32 | 48 | 3 |
All Causes | 1,178 | 401 | 186 | 45 | 41 | 298 | 207 | 285 | 234 | 229 | 189 | 241 | 39 |