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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
West Ham 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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West Ham Deaths Registered during 1897| at several Age Periods, from different causes.
| All Ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 | 60-80 | 80 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | | Vaccinated | ||||||||
| U nvaccinated | |||||||||
| (No Statement | |||||||||
| Measles | 137 | 28 | 102 | 6 | — | 1 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 29 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Typhus | |||||||||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||
| Influenza | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 89 | 41 | 45 | 3 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 99 | 3 | 60 | 36 | |||||
| Simple Continued Fever | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 51 | — | 3 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Cholera and Choleraic | |||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 11 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 1 | |||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 507 | 379 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 3 | |
| Remittent Fever | |||||||||
| Hydrophobia | |||||||||
| Glanders | |||||||||
| Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | |||||||||
| Venereal Affections | 12 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Pyaemia and Septicae | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | — | — | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Other Zymotic Disease | 7 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | |||
| Thrush | |||||||||
| Worms and other Parasitic | |||||||||
| Diseases | |||||||||
| Starvation, want of Breast | |||||||||
| Milk | 28 | 28 | |||||||
| Alcoholism | 11 | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 12 | ___ | _ | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Rheumatism | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gout | 6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | ||