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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1916
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1916
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| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-residents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| i | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All causes | Certified | 1668 | 222 | 59 | 46 | 57 | 85 | 194 | 416 | 589 | 288 |
| Uncertified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 27 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| InHueuza | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 177 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 66 | 43 | 13 | 13 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 70 | 52 | 35 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Meningitis | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 175 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 88 | 16 | |
| Bronchitis | 187 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 114 | 13 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 138 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 18 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 47 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 49 | O | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 98 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 36 | |
| Suicide | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Other defined Diseases | 411 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 85 | 223 | 106 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1668 | 222 | 59 | 46 | 57 | 85 | 194 | 416 | 589 | 288 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Infantile Mortality.—Of the 1,668 deaths, 222, or
13.2 per cent., were of infants under one year of age,
and the rate of infant mortality measured by the