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Wimbledon 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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The following table shows the different parts of the body invaded, and the age incidence:—

Part Affected.Male.Female.Total.Age Incidence.Male.Female.Total.
Stomach and Bowels9716Under 35 years11
Liver34735 to 40 „11
Urinary and Generative Organs-5540 to 45 „22
Breast6645 to 50 „213
50 to 55 „235
Head and Face11255 to 60 „123
Tongue, Neck and Throat2260 to 65 „369
Other Parts1-165 to 70 „314
70 to 75 „123
75 to 80 „246
80 and upwards22
Total162339Total162339

The death-rate for the year was .68, as against .57 last
year, and .88 in 1906, the average for the past five years
being .76.
Diarrhœa and Epidemic Enteritis was responsible for 14
deaths, corresponding to a death-rate of .25. Last year there
were 9 deaths, and a death-rate of .14, whilst the average
for the past 10 years is .70.
There were also registered 12 deaths due to Enteritis,
which term also includes Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis, and
Gastritis, giving a death-rate due to diarrhoea] diseases of .21.
The mortality in Wards and age periods is shown in
Table IV.
Infantile Mortality.—By the term "Infantile Mortality"
is meant the proportion of infants who died before reaching
the age of twelve months to the total number born during
the year. This is the method required by the Local Government
Board in their statistical tables, and permits of accurate
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