Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In the next Table the number of deaths in Institutions outside
the Borough is given in detail.
TABLE vii. Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., outside the Borough, of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1918.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages) | Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Males. | Females. | 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. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Workhouses and Workhouse Infirmaries | General and Special Hospitals, &c. | Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums. | Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles ... | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | to | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 19 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ... | 2 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 29 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 27 |
Influenza | 186 | 67 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 94 | 17 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 51 | 26 | 63 | 140 | 24 | 21 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
Other Epidemic Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 165 | 85 | 80 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 82 | 45 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 48 | 27 | 47 | 71 | 32 | 55 | 7 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ... | 2 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | 10 | 5 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | ... |
Other Infective Diseases | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 125 | 57 | 68 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 14 | 58 | 52 | 24 | 13 | 35 | 16 | 37 | 16 | 58 | 1 | ... |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Diabetes | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
Other General Diseases | 5 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
Alcoholism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chronic Poisonings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Apoplexy | 53 | 23 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 15 | 35 | 12 | ... | 18 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 13 | 3 | ... |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Other Diseases of Nervous System | 85 | 48 | 37 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 48 | ... |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 174 | 72 | 102 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 22 | 42 | 102 | 35 | 11 | 54 | 15 | 59 | 114 | 24 | 36 | ... |
Other diseases of Circulatory System | 40 | 19 | 21 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
Bronchitis | 50 | 26 | 24 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 2 | ... |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 32 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ... | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | ... |
Lobar Pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ... | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Pneumonia (type not distinguished) | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 2 | ... |
Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ... | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ... |
Ulcer of Stomach | 11 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ... |
Diarrhoea | 14 | 10 | 4 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ... |
Enteritis | 41 | 27 | 14 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 8 | ... |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 20 | 13 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | ... | ... |
Obstruction of Intestines | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 1 | ... |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... |
Other Diseases of Liver | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
Other Diseases of Digestive System | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 7 | 2 | ... | ... |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 50 | 29 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 7 | ... |
Other Diseaes of Urinary System | 22 | 19 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 11 | ... | ... |
Diseases of Generative System | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Premature Birth | 15 | 12 | 3 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | ... | 5 | 8 | 7 | ... | ... |
Congenital Debility and Malformation | 30 | 16 | 14 | 28 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | '5 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
Other Diseases of Early Infancy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Old Age | 71 | 23 | 48 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 69 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 3 | 6 | ... |
Deaths from Acc dent | 43 | 28 | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 22 | ... | ... |
Deaths from Suicide | 8 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Other Violent Deaths | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Other defined Diseases | 9 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... |
Ill-defined Diseases or unknown | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
All causes | 1511 | 731 | 780 | 131 | 37 | 51 | 78 | 117 | 329 | 345 | 423 | 301 | 115 | 433 | 201 | 461 | 787 | 434 | 232 | 58 |