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 Battersea Borough.
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TABLE iii Causes of and ages at, Death During the year 1929.
CAUSES OF DEATH | Nett Deaths at subjoined aces of " Residents" whether Occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths of "Residents" and "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
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All Ages. | 0-1 year. | 1-2 years. | 2-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65 years upward. | |||
1. Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
2. Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
3. Measles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
4. Scarlet Fever | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
5. Whooping-cough | 43 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28 | |
6. Diphtheria | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
7. Influenza | 138 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 70 | 46 | |
8. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
9. Meningococcal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 186 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 74 | 42 | 9 | 140 | |
11. Other tuberculous disease | 20 | 3 | ... | 4 | 7 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 22 | |
12. Cancer | 243 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 21 | 114 | 105 | 236 | |
13. Rheumatic Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 | |
14. Diabetes | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc. | 76 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 20 | 54 | 90 | |
16. Heart Disease | 505 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 9 | 28 | 114 | 346 | 572 | |
17. Arterio-sclerosis | 55 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 47 | 12 | |
18. Bronchitis | 160 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 34 | 108 | 83 | |
19. Pneumonia (all forms) | 201 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 50 | 220 | |
20. Other respiratory diseases | 30 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | |
21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 15 | 8 | 32 | |
22. Diarrhoea, &c. | 30 | 20 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 33 | |
23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |
24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 66 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 80 | |
26. Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | |
27. Other diseases of Pregnancy | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 10 | |
28. Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 60 | 57 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 60 | |
29. Suicide | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | |
30. Other deaths from Violence | 70 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 109 | |
31. Other Defined diseases | 288 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 94 | 117 | 355 | |
32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
All Causes | M. | 1154 | 97 | 29 | 35 | 28 | 48 | 133 | 359 | 425 | 1145 |
F. | 1140 | 67 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 68 | 98 | 254 | 569 | 1081 | |
Totals | 2294 | 164 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 116 | 231 | 613 | 994 | 2226 |