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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 1924
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1924
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TABLE II. Causes of, and ages at, Death during the Year 1924. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.
| Causks 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 nge3. | 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. | Wards. | ||||||||
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| all Causes Certified | 1168 | 173 | 45 | 44 | 00 | 76 | 205 | 440 | 625 | 296 | 318 | 271 | 116 | 264 | 242 | 161 | 197 |
| Uncertified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Small-pox | (i | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 35 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Influenza | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Phthisis(Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 117 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 62 | 37 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 0 |
| Disemminated Tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis Meningitis | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 9 | 1 | 0 | O | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 96 | 87 | 27 | 51 | 29 | 13 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 36 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 76 | 00 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 9 |
| Bronchitis | 158 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 102 | 31 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 01 | 30 | 17 | 2 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 153 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 9 |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 12 | u | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | o | 0 | 2 | o | 5 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 112 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | o | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 44 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | l | 18 |
| Suicide | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other defined diseases | 4 is | 26 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 4 | 49 | 89 | 250 | 95 | 79 | 75 | 13 | 68 | 46 | 36 | 62 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1668 | 173 | 45 | 44 | 60 | 76 | 205 | 440 | 625 | 296 | 318 | 271 | 116 | 261 | 242 | 161 | 197 |
| Sub Cerebro-Spinal MenEntries ingitis included Encephalitis Letharin above gica figures. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |