Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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deaths at all ages. 91
TABLE IV. Causes of Death : All Ages, Persons.—In Wards. 1909. Corrected for Non-Residents dying within, and (as far as possible) for Residents dying beyond, the Borough. L.G.B
Cause of Death. | Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | |
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West. | East. | |||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... |
Epidemic Influenza | 5 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Whooping-cough | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... |
Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ... | 1 | ... |
Epidemic, Zymotic Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... |
Enteritis | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ... | 1 |
Other Continued Fevers— | ||||||||
Mumps | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Syphilis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Other Septic Diseases— | ||||||||
Pyæmia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Infective Endocarditis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Carbuncle | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Stomatitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cellulitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
„ Of Meninges | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 |
„ Of Lungs | 21 | 35 | 23 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
„ Other Forms | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ... | ... | ... |
Alcoholism | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Cancer | 17 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Premature Birth | 6 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | ... | 9 |
Developmental Diseases | 8 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 33 | ... | 2 | 6 |
Old Age | 11 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
Convulsions | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 |
Inflammation andSofteningof Brain | ... | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 |
Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ... | 1 | 3 |
Heart Disease | 6 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Bronchitis | 20 | 39 | 28 | 36 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 12 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Diseases of Stomach | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 |
Obstruction of Intestines | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Tumours, &c., of Female Genital Organs | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Accidents and Negligence | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Homicide | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Suicide | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... |
Ill-defined Causes | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
All other Causes | 27 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 16 | 14 | 33 |
All Causes— | ||||||||
1909 | 202 | 377 | 272 | 324 | 491 | 73 | 62 | 163 |
1908 | 225 | 381 | 249 | 343 | 435 | 64 | 53 | 146 |
1907 | 235 | 398 | 292 | 337 | 470 | 72 | 64 | 146 |