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
West Ham 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| All ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 1 | 50-80. | 80 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases of Liver | 66 | 10 | 2 | - | 10 | 27 | 16 | 1 |
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 39 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands | 3 | 2 | _- | - | 1 | |||
| Diseases of Urinary System | 82 | — | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
| Diseases of Generative System | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Accidents of Child-birth | 15 | 4 | — | — | 11 | |||
| Diseases of Locomotive System | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | 5 | 3 | - | — | — | 2 | ||
| Violent Deaths— | ||||||||
| By Railways | 12 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
| By Vehicles or Horses | 16 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| By Ships, Docks (not drowning) | 13 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| In Building Operations | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||||
| In Conflagrations | ||||||||
| By Burns, Scalds, Explosions | 20 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| By Drowning | 30 | 2 | — | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |
| By Suffocation in Bed | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| By Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | ||
| Other or not-stated causes | 50 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Homicide | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Suicide | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Other Causes | 227 | 201 | 16 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 4486 | 1556 | 789 | 302 | 438 | 682 | 616 | 104 |