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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10 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons 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 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Fever Hospitals. | Tooting Home. | Hostel of God. | Work-house. | Tooting Bee Asylum. | Middlesex County Asylum. | Other Places—not Institutions. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 25 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 22 | 16 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 19 | 1 | .. | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cancer | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Premature Birth | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Developmental Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Old Age | 16 | 4 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Meningitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Organic Diseases of Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Acute Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chronic Bronchitis | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diseases of Stomach | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Obstruction of Intestines | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Deaths by Suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Deaths from ill-defined causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes | 24 | 14 | 10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| All Causes | 130 | 65 | 65 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |