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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 1918
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1918
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Table II. gives the causes of deaths occuring among the
civilian population of the borough.
TABLE II.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents" whether occuring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or " Nonresidents" 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. | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| All causes | Certified | 933 | 210 | 86 | 93 | 106 | 147 | 352 | 431 | 558 | 212 |
| Uncertified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 44 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Influenza | 291 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 47 | 112 | 42 | 25 | 13 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 190 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 75 | 43 | 13 | 6 | |
| Tuberculosis Meningitis | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cancer, maglignant disease | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 72 | 70 | 20 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Meningitis | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 56 | 87 | 12 | |
| Bronchitis | 156 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 96 | 6 | |
| Pnumonia (all forms) | 232 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 26 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 31 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 6 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congenital Debility and Malnutrition, including Premature Birth | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Violent Deaths, exclucing Suicide | 44 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 | |
| Suicide | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Other defined diseases | 371 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 85 | 187 | 61 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unkonwn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 1983 | 210 | 86 | 93 | 105 | 147 | 352 | 431 | 558 | 212 | |
| Sub- Entries included in above figures. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Infantile Mortality.—Of the 1,983 deaths, 210 or 10.5 per
cent. were of infants under one year of age and the rate of infant