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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
Battersea 1930
[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 1930.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Nett Deaths at subjoined ages of "Residents" whether Occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths of "Residents" and "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | 0-1 year. | 1-2 years. | 2-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65 years upward. | ||
| 1. Enteric Fever | ||||||||||
| 2. Small-pox | ||||||||||
| 3. Measles | 38 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 33 | ||||
| 4. Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 5. Whooping-cough | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 6. Diphtheria | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 7. Influenza | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 8. Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 9. Meningococcal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 137 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 56 | 39 | 5 | 126 | ||
| 11. Other tuberculous disease | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| 12. Cancer | 242 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 108 | 115 | 248 | |||
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 14. Diabetes | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 15. Cerebral Haem-orrhage, etc. | 62 | 1 | 22 | 39 | 71 | |||||
| 16. Heart Disease | 468 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 96 | 341 | 561 | |||
| 17. Arterio-sclerosis | 52 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 17 | |||||
| 18. Bronchitis | 72 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 47 | 32 | |||
| 19. Pneumonia (all forms) | 101 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 28 | 89 |
| 20. Other respiratory diseases | 23 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 28 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 30 | |||||
| 22. Diarrhœa, &c. | 27 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 32 | ||||
| 23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | |||||
| 24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| 25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 81 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 76 | |||||
| 26. Puerperal Sepsis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 27. Other diseases of Pregnancy | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 28. Congenital Debil-ity and Malform-ation, Premature Birth | 75 | 72 | 52 | |||||||
| 29. Suicide | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| 30. Other deaths from Violence | 69 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 88 | |||
| 31. Other Defined diseases | 240 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 68 | 93 | 286 | |||
| 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | |||||||||
| All Causes M. F. | 955 | 87 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 38 | 107 | 280 | 380 | 964 |
| 891 | 58 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 92 | 205 | 439 | 923 | |
| Totals | 1846 | 145 | 34 | 40 | 43 | 81 | 199 | 485 | 819 | 1887 |