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.
wandsworth. 1900. Diseases. | Totals. | Sex. | Ages. | Institutions. | |||||||||
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Males. | males. | 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 & upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylum Board Hospitals. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | Fevers. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |
Enteritis | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Other Septic Diseases | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Phthisis | 20 | 14 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 18 | .. | 19 | 1 | .. | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .. | ||
Bronchitis | 9 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .. | ||
Pneumonia | 11 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | ||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism . | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Cirrhosis of . | |||||||||||||
Liver | |||||||||||||
Venereal Diseases | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | |
Premature Birth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Diseases and Accidents of | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 26 | 12 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 12 | 21 | 5 | .. | |
Accidents | 15 | 13 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | .. | |
Suicides | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
All other Causes | 52 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 26 | .. | |
Totals | 198 | 102 | 96 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 85 | 51 | 118 | 60 | 20 |