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 1900
[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 | 60-80 | 80 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases of Liver | 49 | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | 24 | 11 | 1 |
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 91 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 2 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 96 | — | 4 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 31 | 4 |
| Diseases of Generative System | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Accidents of Child-birth | 24 | 6 | — | 2 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Diseases of Locomotive System | 8 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | 16 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Violent Deaths— | ||||||||
| By Railways | 18 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | |
| By Vehicles or Horses | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | ||
| By Ships, Docks (not drowning) | 10 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| In Building Operations | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| In Conflagrations | ||||||||
| By Burns, Scalds, Explosions | 27 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| By Drowning | 24 | 1 | — | 4 | 11 | 8 | ||
| By Suffocation in Bed | 51 | 51 | ||||||
| By Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| Other or not - stated causes | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| Homicide | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Suicide | 17 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Other Causes | 315 | 256 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 11 | |
| Totals | 5268 | 1707 | 896 | 311 | 584 | 817 | 804 | 149 |
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