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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WANDSWORTH 1903 Causes of Deaths. | 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 50 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza .. | 10 | 3 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 7 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 31 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 6 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteritis | 15 | 8 | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | |||
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysijelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Septic Diseases | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 93 | 60 | 33 | .. | 2 | 18 | 69 | .. | ||
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 |
Alcoholism | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | |
Cancer | 72 | 32 | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 28 | 4 |
Premature Birth | 25 | 18 | 7 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Developmental Diseases | 68 | 34 | 34 | 67 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Old Age | 54 | 20 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 53 | 31 |
Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 36 | 18 | 1 | .. | 4 | 9 | ||||
Acute Bronchitis | 44 | 19 | 25 | 10 | .. | .. | 6 | 12 | .. | |
Chronic Bronchitis | 30 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 22 | ||
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumpnia | 30 | 19 | 4 | 6 | .. | 1 | 11 | 6 | .. | |
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 40 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diseases of Stomach | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Obstruction of Intestines | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 |
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 2 | .. | .. | ||
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 24 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
Deaths by Suicide | 12 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | .. | 3 |
Deaths from ill-defined causes | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
All other causes | 175 | 87 | 88 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 57 | 76 |
All Causes | 972 | 492 | 480 | 234 | 141 | 43 | 39 | 303 | 212 | 155 |