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 Sutton]
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Table III. —Cases of Infectious Disease notified daring the year 1903.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital * | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
Small pox | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 17 | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | 3 | .. | 15 | |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 21 | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 1 | .. | 19 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 48 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
*Isolation Hospital, Sutton, Carshalton, and Leatherhead (Urban) and Epsom (Rural) Joint Hospital
at Cuddington.
TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1903.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping-cough | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other septic diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Phthisis | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | ||
Other tubercular diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cancer, malignant disease | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | ||
Bronchitis | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | ||
Pneumonia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | ||
Pleurisy | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | ||
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||
Venereal diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Premature Birth | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Heart Diseases | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 7 | .. | ||
Accidents | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
Suicides | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
All other Causes | 56 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 4 | ||
All Causes | 150 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 46 | 10 |