London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
32
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Borough of Wandsworth.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1— a Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3""4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month | 1 2 Months. | 2—3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5—6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7- 8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9—10 Months. | 0- 11 Months. | 11— 2 Months. | Total Deaths 1 under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 162 | 49 | 44 | 24 | 279 | 80 | 69 | 52 | 58 | 48 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 815 |
| Uncertified | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria: Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | 33 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa, all forms | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 120 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| Gastritis, Gastro Intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 12 |
| Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 84 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 115 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 128 |
| Congenital Defects | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 48 |
| Injury at Birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 57 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 119 |
| Tuberculous Diseases- | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis : | |||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | I | 9 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 18 |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 10 |
| Convulsions | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 32 |
| Brorchitis | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 56 |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 79 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Other Causes | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| 163 | 49 | 44 | 24 | 280 | 52 | 59 | 48 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 34 | 33 | 24 | 818 | |||
Population (estimated to middle of 1905), 291,420.
Births in the year—legitimate, 6,727 ; illegitimate, 165.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 3,320.