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.
TOOTING. 1902. 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. | 65 years and upwards. | ||
Small-pox | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Measles | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | 81 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 10 | 5 | 5 | l | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 82 |
Croup | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dia rrhœa, Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Intermittent Fever and Malarial | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 14 | 5 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 22 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer | 10 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature Birth | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Developmental Diseases | 27 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | 18 | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 |
Meningitis | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inflammation and Softening of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 15 | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
Acute Bronchitis | 13 | 5 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Chronic Bronchitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 1 | 8 |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Diseases of Stomach | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obstruction of Intestines | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
Tumours and other Affections of | ||||||||||
Female Genital Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
..Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Deaths by Suicide | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Deaths from ill-defined causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other causes | 50 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | |
All causes | 262 | 136 | 126 | 81 | 37 | 13 | " | 60 | 57 | 317 |