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

Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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36 Medical Officers of Health Annucd Report.

Table: TABLE III

TABLE III

Total.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years and upwards.In Institutions without District.In Institutions within District.
Measles73425........1..
Scarlet Fever422..211....3..
Whooping Cough136749........1..
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup734..34......6..
Typhus Fever......................
Enteric Fever11..........1......
Other Continued Fever......................
Influenza30131711....1612....
Cholera......................
Diarrhœa291614253......11..
Enteritis......................
Puerperal Fever3..3........3..1..
Erysipelas......................
Other Septic Diseases......................
Phthisis734330....3185111420
Other Tubercular Diseases3225787826141
Cancer501337....138111111
Bronchitis903258199....214113..
Pneumonia56322471512201!6..
Pleurisy321......21..1..
Other Respiratory Diseases9543..12212..
Alcoholism11..........1......
Cirrhosis of Liver752......61..1..
Venereal Disease85352......131
Premature Birth68343468..........51
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition2..22..............
Heart Disease732251....313336181
Accidents22139451..7513..
Suicides963....2622..
All Other Causes2129611637912..6688384
Totals80937743218570343727221114539

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Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
These deaths were 145 in number. Of
them, 69 occurred in the Union Infirmary,
67 in general and special hospitals, nine
in the isolation hospitals, and ten elsewhere. The