Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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APPENDIX No. 2—(contiuued.). TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1911.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the Subjoined ages of "residents" whether occuring within or within the district. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 1 2 and under5 years. | i 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | ||
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 111 | 18 | 55 | 32 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 34 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diphtheria and Croup. | 21 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Influenza | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. |
Erysipelas | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 217 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 101 | 56 | 7 | 108 |
Tuberculosis Meningitis | 34 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Rheumatic Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Cancer, malignant disease | 163 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | 76 | 70 | 68 |
Bronchitis | 237 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 116 | 41 |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 77 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 120 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 26 | 49 |
Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 258 | 186 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 88 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Alcoholism | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 71 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | 34 | 17 | 27 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 |
Congenital Debility and .Malformation, including Premature Birth | 163 | 155 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 |
Violent deaths, excluding Sui | 81 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 50 |
Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 |
Other Defined Diseases | 688 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 25 | 86 | 172 | 312 | 313 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
All causes | 2404 | 546 | 186 | 103 | 99 | 106 | 295 | 478 | 591 | 851 |