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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8 Re-port of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1903.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Middlesex County Asylum | Tooting Bee Asylum | Hostel of God | Tooting Home | Fever Hospitals | Work-house | H.M. Prison | Hospital for Incurabl's | St. Anne's Home | The Priory | Fairfield House | Other Places | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 18 | 2 | 16 | .. | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 68 | 42 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 50 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Alcoholism | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cancer | 42 | 13 | 29 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 27 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Developmental Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Old Age | 66 | 26 | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 64 | 31 | 22 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 11 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 8 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Acute Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chronic Bronchitis | 8 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 15 | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 9 | .. | 8 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 13 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diseases of Stomach | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Obstruction of Intestines | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nephrites and Bright's Disease | 11 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 15 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 |
| Deaths by Suicide | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Deaths from ill-defined causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes | 130 | 87 | 43 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 91 | 32 | 67 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| All causes | 472 | 257 | 215 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 228 | 166 | 133 | 118 | 60 | 31 | 66 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 |