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Hammersmith 1902
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1902
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TABLE III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1902
| Causes op Death. | deaths in or belonging to whole district, at subjoined ages. | deaths in or belonging to localities (at all ages). | Total Deathsin 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. | North District. | Centre District. | South District. | West London Hospital. | Nazareth House. | |||
| Small-pox | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 75 | 17 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 23 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Croup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | o | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fever | (Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (Enteric .......... | 11 | o | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | o | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Other continued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diarrhcpa (see Notes at back) | 81 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Enteritis (see Notes at back) | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 22 | |
| Phthisis | 167 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 129 | 11 | 76 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 44 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 100 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Bronchitis | 187 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 90 | 76 | 77 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Pneumonia | 194 | 52 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 34 | 81 | 72 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 28 | |
| Pleurisv | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alcoholism— Cirrhosis of Liver | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Premature Birth | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 145 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 76 | 50 | 65 | 51 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 25 | |
| Accidents | 59 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 28 | |
| Suicides | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Manslaughter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Murder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| All other Causes | 517 | 139 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 157 | 182 | 224 | 186 | 81 | 23 | 3 | 73 | |
| All Causes | 1872 | 441 | 205 | 50 | 74 | 662 | 440 | 820 | 687 | 278 | 83 | 4 | 246 | |
See Notes at foot of this form.
Notes.—(a). In this Table all deaths of "Residents" occurring in public institutions,
whether within or without the district, are to be included
with the other deaths in the columns for the several age
groups (columns 2.8). They are also, in columns 9.15, to be included
among the deaths in their respective "Localities"
according to the previous addresses of the deceased as given by
the Registrars. Deaths of "Non residents" occurring in public
institutions in the district are in like manner to be excluded from
columns 2.8 and 9.15 of this Table.
(i) Ser notes on Table I. as to the meaning of "Residents" and "Nonresidents,"
and as to the "Public Institutions" to be taken into
account for the purposes of these Tables. The "Localities"
should be the same as those in Tables II. and III.