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Hammersmith 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1908
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1908.
Name of District.
| Cause of Death. | deaths at the subjoinedages of " residents " whether occurring in or beyond the district. | deaths at allages of " residents" belonging to localities, whether occurring in or beyond the district. | Total Deaths whether ofResidents or Non-Residents 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. | North District. | Cecntre District. | South District. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Small-pox | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 15 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Croup | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fever | Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erteric | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | I | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Other continued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plague | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| *Diarrhoea | 108 | 84 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | i | 58 | 32 | 18 | 56 | |
| *Enteritis | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | i | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| *Puerperal Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | i | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 45 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 42 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 159 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 113 | 11 | 67 | 70 | 22 | 57 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 50 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 22 | |
| *Cancer, Malignant Disease | 115 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 39 | 43 | 54 | 18 | 47 | |
| Bronchitis | 158 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 98 | 60 | 68 | 30 | 36 | |
| Pneumonia | 201 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 36 | 104 | 66 | 31 | 60 | |
| Pleurisy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
| Premature Birth | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 1 | |
| Diseases & Accidents of Parturition | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heart Diseases | 143 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 51 | 63 | 57 | 23 | 41 | |
| Accidents | 65 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 55 | ||
| Suicides | 12 | 0 | o | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Murder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cerebo Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| All other Causes | 488 | 104 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 150 | 206 | 199 | 198 | 91 | 175 | |
| All Causes | 1757 | 383 | 139 | 59 | 63 | 639 | 474 | 769 | 676 | 312 | 640 | |
*See notes on next two pages.