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 Tooting.
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| Causes or Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths t in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Grove Hospital. | Fountain Hospital. | Tooting Home. | |||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 35 | |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 102 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 52 | |||
| Other Countiued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhoea | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteritis | 12 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Septic Diseases . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cancer, Malignant | ||||||||||||
| Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Bronchitis | 24 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Venereal Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Accidents | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suicides | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other Causes | 54 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |
| All Causes | 245 | 85 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 56 | 2 | 1 | .. | 231 | |