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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex | Age | Institutions. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Males. | Females. | Under 1. | | From 1 to 5 years. | From5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years, | 65 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | ||
Smallpx | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Total Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Total Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Total whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Other Continued. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | i | .. | .. | |
Cholere | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhea | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | I | .. | ||
Phthisis | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | ||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Cancer | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | |
Brochitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pneumonia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | |||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver i | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Premature birth | 1 | 1 | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Heart Disease | 7 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | |
Accidents | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |
Suicides | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
All other causes | 14 | 6 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | .. | |
All causes | 63 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 6 |
General In Table III. all deaths registered within the
Mortality, district have been classified according to sex,
age and social position.