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 Orsett]
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TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1906,
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District AT subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Deaths in public Institutions, whether Resident or Non-Resident. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 5 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Whooping-cough | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 14 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 13 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 39 | 34 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Other septic diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis | 18 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 | .. | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 20 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | 3 | |
| Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Venereal diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature birth | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart diseases | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
| Accidents | 26 | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 76 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 | |
| All Causes | 281 | 86 | 41 | 16 | 19 | 63 | 56 | 50 | 28 | 88 . | 27 | 19 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 56 | |