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 Hammersmith Borough]
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| Caurks of death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1 — | 2 — | 5- | 15- | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55- | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | M | 734 | 63 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 84 | 160 | 174 | 154 | |
| F | 678 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | s9 | 31 | 58 | 85 | 149 | 237 | |
| 1 Typhoid and Para typhoid Fever | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| 2 Measles | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | M | ||||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| 4 Whooping Cough | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 Diphtheria | M | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| F | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 Influenza | M | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 Encephalitis Lethargica | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 Cerebo-spinal Fever | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| 9 Puherculosis ol Respiratory System _ | M | 41 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| F | 31 | l | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 10 Other Tubereu lous Diseases | M | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 Syphilis | M | 6 | i | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 12 General Paralyse of the insane tabes dorsalis . | M | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | |||||||||
| 13 Cancer | M | 123 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 21 | |||||||
| F | 111 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 43 | 20 | ||||||
| 14 Diabetes | M | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| F | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 15 Cerebral Hæmorr hage, &c. | M | 30 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 6 | |||||||
| F | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | |
| 16 Heart Disease | M | 164 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 46 | 59 |
| F | 170 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 98 | |
| 17 Aneurysm | M | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | |
| 18 Other circulator) diseases | M | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 19 | 15 | |
| F | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 21 | ||
| 19 Bronchitis | M | 27 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||
| F | 20 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 10 | |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 53 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 5 |
| F | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
| 21 Other Respirator) Diseases | M | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 22 Peptic Ulcer | M | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | I | 2 | .. |
| F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 23 Diarrhæ, &c. | M | 13 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| F | 18 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 24 Appendicitis | M | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| F | 4 | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
| 25 Cirrhosis of Livei | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| F | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 Other Diseases ol Liver, | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| F | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27 Other Digestive Diseases | M | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 10 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | l | l | |
| 28 Acute and Chronit Nephritis | M | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| F | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 29 Puerperal Sepsis | F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 30 Other Puerperal Diseases.. | F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, &C. | M | 28 | 27 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| F | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 32 Senility | M | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 |
| F | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 24 | |
| 33 Suicide | M | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | |
| F | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| 34 Other violence . | M | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5.. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 81 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ] | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| 35 Other defined diseases | M | 65 | 7 | l | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| F | 48 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
| 36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Totals | 1,412 | 117 | 17 | 14 | ' 15 | 31 | 50 | 67 | 142 | 245 | 323 | 391 |