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Wandsworth 1903

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22 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XII.Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the year1903. (Table4.)

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TABLE XII.

Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the year1903. (Table4.)

Causes of Death.	Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at sub-joined ages.									Deaths in or belonging to Localities. (At all ages).					Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
Causes of Death.	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	Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	109	66	43	31	72	6	..	..	..	18	7	26	8	50	1
Scarlet Fever	18	8	10	1	10	5	1	1	..	6	2	2	1	7	35
Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epidemic Influenza	39	19	20	1	5	1	1	15	16	13	2	14	..	10	1
Whooping Cough	87	35	52	43	41	3	..	..	..	16	10	24	12	25	..
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup	45	24	21	5	23	16	..	..	1	3	7	24	4	7	43
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteric Fever	19	7	12	..	..	1	2	16	..	5	1	3	4	6	16
Asiatic Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa, Dysentery	77	48	29	65	8	3	..	1	..	14	9	11	12	31	1
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis	19	8	11	17	2	..	..	..	..	6	2	3	2	6	..
Enteritis	66	36	30	48	13	..	..	3	2	15	3	15	7	26	1
Other Continued Fevers	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	5	1	4	1	..	..	..	2	2	2	1	2	..	..	1
Puerperal Fever	6	..	6	..	..	..	..	6	..	2	2	1	..	1	..
Other Septic Diseases	9	5	4	1	1	1	..	5	1	3	1	1	1	3	1
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of Meninges	52	34	18	10	27	11	3	1	..	11	5	17	6	13	3
Tuberculosis of Lungs	230	143	87	..	3	5	42	169	11	50	20	49	18	93	90
Other forms of Tuberculosis	61	31	30	13	15	7	9	16	1	11	5	19	7	19	6
Alcoholism	19	6	13	..	..	..	..	18	1	3	5	2	4	5	1
Cancer	247	91	156	..	..	2	2	123	120	51	24	88	12	72	46
Premature Birth	111	63	48	111	..	..	..	..	..	29	11	34	12	25	2
Developmental Diseases	211	117	94	202	9	..	..	..	..	42	17	53	31	68	1
Old Age	191	72	119	..	..	..	..	1	190	54	21	49	13	54	82
Meningitis	28	15	13	14	10	1	..	3	..	6	4	8	4	6	3
Inflammation and Softening of the Brain	7	2	5	..	..	..	..	2	5	3	..	1	..	3	11
Organic Diseases of Heart	125	60	65	2	..	12	10	60	41	32	11	33	13	36	8
Acute Bronchitis	106	53	53	45	16	8	..	14	23	20	4	29	9	44	2
Chronic Bronchitis	76	26	50	..	..	..	..	21	55	20	9	14	3	30	15
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia	83	49	34	9	10	4	4	37	19	20	7	25	1	30	20
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia	92	46	46	38	40	1	1	6	6	22	8	15	7	40	19
Diseases of Stomach	35	14	21	11	2	1	3	16	1	8	5	8	7	7	2
Obstruction of Intestines	19	6	13	1	1	1	..	6	10	8	3	6	..	2	1
Cirrhosis of Liver	36	18	18	..	..	..	..	31	5	3	7	10	3	13	..
Nephritis and Bright's Disease	79	43	35	2	2	2	2	40	31	18	9	22	9	21	11
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs	8	..	8	..	..	..	1	6	1	..	1	3	1	3	2
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition	19	..	19	..	..	..	3	16	..	5	4	7	..	3	..
Deaths by Accident or Negligence	83	50	33	17	7	11	6	27	15	18	9	24	8	24	17
Deaths by Suicide	27	19	8	..	..	..	3	19	5	4	1	9	1	12	7
Deaths from ill-defined causes	3	2	1	1	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	..	..	2	..
All other causes	625	304	321	54	33	35	24	252	227	140	61	215	34	175	153
All causes	3,073	1,522	1,551	743	350	137	117	936	790	682	299	866	254	972	602

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Table: TABLE XII.Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the year1903. (Table4.)