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Hammersmith 1903
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903
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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1903.
| Deaths in or belonging to whole district at sub-joined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to localities (at all ages). | Total Deathsin Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of Death. | All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | Centre. | South. | West London Hospital. | Nazareth Home. | Hammersmith Infirmary. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| small pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| measles | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| scarler fever | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria nnd Membranous Croup | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fever Enteric | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other Continued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Epidemic Influenza | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *Diarrhœa | 87 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| *Enteritis | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| *Puerperal Fever | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| *Phthisis | 175 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 124 | 14 | 63 | 75 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases. | 61 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| *Cancer, Malignant Disease | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 31 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bronchitis | 171 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 31 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 150 | 57 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 16 | 65 | 54 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| venereal diseases | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Heart Diseases | 118 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 39 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Accidents | 57 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Suicides | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| All other Causes | 446 | 99 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 135 | 173 | 195 | 170 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| All Causes | 1607 | 418 | 131 | 56 | 66 | 556 | 380 | 677 | 608 | 264 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 207 |
*See Notes at foot of this form.
Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths of "Residents" occurring in public institutions,
whether within or wituout the district, are to be included
with the other deaths in the columns for the several age groups
(columns 2-8). They are also, in columns 9-15, to be included
among the deaths in their respective "Localities" according to
the previous addresses of the deceased as given by the Registrars.
Deaths of " Non-residents "ccurring in public institutions in the
district are in like manner to be excluded from columns 2-8 and
9-15 of this Table.