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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Parish of Streatham.
79
| Deaths in sub-district at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages) | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of Death. | All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 6. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | "St. Anne's Home. | Middlesex County Asylum. | ||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 24 | 7 | 14 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 14 | .. | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza . | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea | 35 | 30 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Enteritis | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis | 63 | .. | 2 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 3 | .. | .. | 10 | |
| Other Tubercular | |||||||||||
| Diseases | 9 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant | |||||||||||
| Disease | 40 | 1 | 22 | 17 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 69 | 9 | fi | 16 | 38 | 4 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 53 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Pleurisy | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Other Diseases of | |||||||||||
| Respiratory Organs | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Venereal Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 69 | 68 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 98 | 6 | 2 | .. | 4 | 46 | 39 | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Accidents | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Suicides | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other Causes | 251 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 82 | 111 | .. | .. | 11 | |
| All Causes .. | 825 | 189 | 68 | 31 | 48 | 255 | 234 | .. | 32 | ||
* 18 deaths occurred in thi3 Institution, all of which related to "non-residents."
† 14 deaths occurred in this Institution, all oi which related to 14 non-residents,"