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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12 Re-port of the Medical Officer of Health.
DEATHS in Out-Lying Institutions, 1903. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Institutions | ||||||||||||||
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Sex. | 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. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals, &c. | Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | |||
All Ages. | Males. | Females. | |||||||||||||||
Causes of Death— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .. |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 1 | .. |
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. |
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | .. |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 45 | 36 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 19 | .. |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .. |
Alcoholism | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Cancer | 58 | 27 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 38 | .. |
Premature Birth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Developmental Diseases | 29 | 18 | 11 | 28 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 4 | .. | 16 | 24 | 5 | .. |
Old Age | 36 | 20 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 1 | .. |
Meningitis | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. |
Inflammation and Softening of the Brain | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 40 | 22 | 18 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 12 | .. |
Acute Bronchitis | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .. |
Chronic Bronchitis | 13 | 5 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .. |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. |
Lobular (Broncho-)Pneumonia | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | .. |
Diseases of Stomach | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. |
Obstruction of Intestines | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .. |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 15 | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | .. |
Tumours & other Affections of Female Genital Organs | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. |
Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 33 | 24 | 9 | .. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 30 | .. |
Deaths by Suicide | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | 5 | .. |
Deaths from ill-defined causes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
All other causes | 133 | 72 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 71 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 36 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 86 | .. |
All causes | 538 | 298 | 240 | 65 | 44 | 30 | 34 | 251 | 114 | 130 | 36 | 130 | 47 | 195 | 262 | 269 | 7 |