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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]

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined ages.Deaths in Public. Institutions.
CLAPHAM, 1905. Causes of Death.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.
Small-pox..............................
Measles1697313...............
Scarlet Fever734...43............
Typhus Fever...........................
Epidemic Influenza Whooping Cough743............25...
1798512...............
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup523...31...1......
Croup..............................
Enteric Fever1...1............1......
Asiatic Cholera..............................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery179814.........12...
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis74361...............
Enteritis33...3..................
Other Continued Fevers...........................
Erysipelas514.........122...
Puerperal Fever11.........1.........
Other Septic Diseases431......1...21...
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia...........................
Tuberculosis of Meninges93636...............
Tuberculosis of Lungs612932...12944515
Other forms of Tuberculosis73431......3...1
Alcoholism514............5...1
Cancer472126............311621
Premature Birth27121527..................
Developmental Diseases462521433...............
Old Age351619............134...
Meningitis53222......1...1
Inflammation and Softening of Brain532............23...
Organic Diseases of Heart321814...162149...
Acute Bronchitis23149"i22...29...
Chronic Bronchitis26917............1313...
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia27171022...2147...
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia2717101671...12...
Diseases of Stomach8353.........5......
Obstruction of Intestines8351...1...42...
Cirrhosis of Liver853.............71...
Nephritis and Bright's Disease21912............147...
Tumours and other Affections of........................
Female Genital Organs11............1......
Accidents and Diseases of Par..................
turition33.........12......
Deaths by Accident or Negligence14594...1632
Deaths by Suicide44............13...1
Deaths from ill-defined causes11...1............
All other causes14678681644362574
All causes68634634016062222024417846