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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | Deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages) | Deaths in public Institutions in the District | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Streatdam. | Tooting. | Wandswortd. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 65 | 26 | 39 | 16 | 45 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 3 | 7 | 59 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Epidemic Influenza | 70 | 34 | 36 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 55 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
| Diphtderia, Membranous Croup | 50 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 61 |
| Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...j | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | 9 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ... | 6 | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 14 |
| Asiatic Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 152 | 81 | 71 | 128 | 21 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 40 | 58 | ... |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 66 | 28 | 38 | 60 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 25 | ... |
| Enteritis | 80 | 48 | 41 | 71 | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 27 | 2 |
| Dtder Continued Fevers | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... |
| Dtder Septic Diseases | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | 49 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | 14 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 267 | 142 | 125 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 197 | 15 | 65 | 22 | 64 | 22 | 94 | 114 |
| Otder forms of Tuberculosis | 60 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 19 | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 6 |
| Alcoholism | 22 | 8 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 5 | 3 | 9 | ... | 5 | 4 |
| Cancer | 256 | 92 | 164 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 163 | 91 | 53 | 26 | 77 | 21 | 79 | 48 |
| Premature Birtd | 125 | 76 | 49 | 125 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 9 | 32 | 23 | 41 | 1 |
| Developmental Diseases | 190 | 116 | 74 | 182 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 | 9 | 38 | 25 | 70 | 5 |
| Old Age | 191 | 80 | 111 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 191 | 48 | 7 | 63 | 12 | 61 | 176 |
| Meningitis | 35 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 17 | 6 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 144 | 75 | 69 | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 83 | 47 | 37 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 55 | 16 |
| Acute Bronchitis | 121 | 48 | 73 | 45 | 15 | 1 | ... | 14 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 53 | 4 |
| Chronic Bronchitis | 115 | 41 | 74 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 86 | 27 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 40 | 15 |
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 130 | 69 | 61 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 54 | 22 |
| Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 123 | 64 | 59 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 35 | 15 |
| Diseases of Stomach | 33 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ... | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 3 | ... |
| Dbstruction of Intestines | 29 | 8 | 21 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 36 | 19 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | j 3 | 11 | 4 2 |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 95 | 45 | 50 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 57 | 31 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 27 | l6 |
| Tumours & otder Affections of Female Genital Organs | 8 | ... | 8 | ... | i | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 9 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Deatds by Accident or Negligence | 82 | 56 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 27 |
| Deatds by Suicide | 26 | 17 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Deatds from ill-defined causes | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| All otder causes | 678 | 351 | 327 | 58 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 298 | 252 | 157 | 72 | 216 | 54 | 179 | 121 |
| All causes | 3.461 | 1,703 | 1,758 | 874 | 303 | 110 | 118 | 1,156 | 900 | 756 | 315 | 909 | 386 | 1,095 | 771 |