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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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Parish of Clap ham. 37
Table that follows classifies them in age groups, and
causes of death. The number of these deaths, though
not so great as in 1899, was considerably above the
average.

Table: TABLE IV.Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

TABLE IV.

Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

Total.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 to 6.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.Elsewhere.
Measles11....1........1......
Scarlet Fever321..21..........3..
Whooping Cough1..1..1..........1....
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup624..33..........6..
Typhus Fever..........................
Enteric Fever..........................
Other Continued Fever..........................
Influenza..........................
Cholera..........................
Diarrhœa1..1....................
Enteritis..........................
Puerperal Fever1..1........1..1......
Erysipelas..........................
Other Septic Diseases1..1........1....1....
Phthisis14104......113..86....
Other Tubercular Diseases43l11ll....13....
Cancer1129........8365....
Bronchitis13491......4894....
Pneumonia642......14151....
Pleurisy1..1......l......1....
Other Respiratory Diseases22..1....l......1..1
Alcoholism..........................
Cirrhosis of Liver11..........1....1....
Venereal Disease32111......13......
Premature Birth6326..........23....
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition..........................
Heart Disease18711....l..89133..2
Accidents13941..1..6318..4
Suicides211......11........2
All other Causes38221631441791918..1
Total14575701412111064346957910