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.
TABLE X.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at sub-joined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities. (At all ages). | 1 Total Deaths in Public In-1 stitutions in the District. | ||||||||||||
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All Ages | Males | Females | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Clapham | Putney | Streatham | Tooting | Wandsworth | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Small-pox | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .. | 9 | .. | 7 | 3 | 7 | .. |
Measles | 94 | 57 | 37 | 22 | 65 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 38 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 9 | .. | 9 | 81 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | 93 | 42 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 3 | |
Whooping Cough Diphtheria, Membranous | 64 | 25 | 39 | 32 | 29 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 15 | .. |
Croup | 70 | 37 | 33 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 27 | 82 |
Croup | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 30 | 17 | 13 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 19 | .. | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 51 |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery Epidemic or Zymotic | 78 | 47 | 31 | 66 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 40 | .. |
Enteritis | 15 | 12 | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. |
Enteritis | 62 | 36 | 26 | 47 | 5 | 1 | .. | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 4 |
Other Continued Fevers. | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Septic Diseases Intermittent Fever and | 12 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Malarial Cachexia | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 36 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 215 | 115 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 152 | 17 | 63 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 64 | 65 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 63 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 15 | .. | 8 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 8 |
Alcoholism | 16 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | |||||
Cancer | 223 | 86 | 137 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 127 | 93 | 60 | 25 | 66 | 10 | 62 | 34 |
Premature Birth | 131 | 77 | 54 | 131 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 46 | 4 |
Developmental Diseases .. | 177 | 102 | 75 | 165 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 41 | 27 | 58 | 4 | ||
Old Age | 190 | 70 | 120 | 1 | 189 | 48 | 14 | 55 | 18 | 55 | 55 | ||||
Meningitis Inflammation and Softening | 42 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
of the Brain | 12 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | |
Organic Diseases of Heart.. | 177 | 81 | 96 | .. | .. | 12 | 13 | 89 | 63 | 59 | 12 | 39 | is | 52 | 10 |
Acute Bronchitis | 1 fi4 | fiK | 96 | 74 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 35 | 43 | 18 | 36 | 13 | 54 | 4 |
Chronic Bronchitis Lobar (Croupous) Pneu | 82 | 37 | 45 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 32 | 49 | 21 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 11 |
monia Lobular (Broncho-) Pneu | 118 | 76 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 38 | 11 |
monia | 152 | 84 | 68 | 73 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 63 | 2 |
Diseases of Stomach | 31 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 4 | .. | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Obstruction of Intestines | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 40 | 2 2 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 | .. | |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease Tumours and other Affections | 81 | 45 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 11 |
of Female Genital Organs Accidents and Diseases of | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | ..2.. | 4 | .. | 23 | .. | |
Parturition Deaths by Accident or | 20 | .. | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 15 | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
Negligence | 93 | 66 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 2 |
Deaths by Suicide Deaths from ill-defined | 34 | 24 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 11 | .. |
causes | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
All other causes | 609 | 319 | 290 | 80 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 267 | 190 | 120 | 87 | 184 | 50 | 168 | 93 |
All causes | 3,328 | 1,699 | 1,629 | 809 | 365 | 156 | 136 | 1071 | 791 | 767 | 373 | 900 | 262 | 1026 | 565 |