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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
WANDSWORTH. 1901. Causes of Death. | Deaths in Sub-District at sub-joined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | |Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 65 years. | f5 years and upwards. | ||
Small Pox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Measles | 31 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 21 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 56 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 15 | 4 | 11 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 19 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 97 | 47 | 50 | 2 | .. | 12 | 73 | 6 | 26 | |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Alcoholism | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | . | .. | 5 | .. | .. |
Cancer | 44 | 16 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 26 | 4 | |
Premature Birth | 28 | 10 | 18 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Developmental Diseases . | 53 | 25 | 28 | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Old Age | 44 | 15 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 43 | 22 |
Meningitis | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Inflammation and Softening of Drain | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 36 | 24 | 12 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 |
Acute Bronchitis | 39 | 19 | 20 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Chronic Bronchitis | 34 | 13 | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 22 | 1 |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 53 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 12 | .. | 2 | 21 | 5 | .. |
l obular (Broncho) Pneumonia | 38 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. |
Diseases of Stomach | 11 | 1 | 10 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Obstruction of Intestines | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 14 | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | 3 |
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 29 | 8 | 121 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
Deaths by Suicide | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Deaths from ill-defined causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other causes | 167 | 84 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 84 | 46 | 55 | |
All causes | 939 | 456 | 483 | 265 | 120 | 41 | 38 | 292 | 183 | 149 |