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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8 Re-port of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1903.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Middlesex County Asylum | Tooting Bee Asylum | Hostel of God | Tooting Home | Fever Hospitals | Work-house | H.M. Prison | Hospital for Incurabl's | St. Anne's Home | The Priory | Fairfield House | Other Places | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 21 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 18 | 2 | 16 | .. | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 13 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 68 | 42 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 50 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 42 | 13 | 29 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 27 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Developmental Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Old Age | 66 | 26 | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 64 | 31 | 22 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 11 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 8 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
Acute Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Bronchitis | 8 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 15 | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 9 | .. | 8 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 13 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diseases of Stomach | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Obstruction of Intestines | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Nephrites and Bright's Disease | 11 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 15 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 |
Deaths by Suicide | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Deaths from ill-defined causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other causes | 130 | 87 | 43 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 91 | 32 | 67 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
All causes | 472 | 257 | 215 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 228 | 166 | 133 | 118 | 60 | 31 | 66 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 |