Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.
causes of death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within orwithout the district. | Total Deaths whether of " Residents "or" Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | 1 Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||
Enteric Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 45 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping-cough | 33 | 15 | ... | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
Diphtheria and Croup | 37 | ... | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
Influenza | 57 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 28 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 170 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 74 | 41 | 10 | 81 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 9 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 196 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 87 | 93 | 138 |
Rheumatic Fever | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 |
Meningitis | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Organic Heart Disease | 308 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 21 | 80 | 193 | 289 |
Bronchitis | 152 | 39 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 | 22 | 79 | 20 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 147 | 57 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 22 | 58 |
Other diseases of respiratory organs | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 64 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 28 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Alcoholism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 38 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 24 |
Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 10 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 120 | 118 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 57 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 47 |
Suicide | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
Other Defined Diseases | 498 | 70 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 46 | 104 | 235 | 322 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Totals M. | 1073 | 218 | 35 | 32 | 53 | 37 | 120 | 270 | 308 | 591 |
Totals F. | 1006 | 168 | 27 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 128 | 174 | 365 | 595 |
Grand Totals | 2079 | 386 | 62 | 72 | 101 | 93 | 248 | 444 | 673 | 1186 |