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. | ||||||||||||||
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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 |