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Wandsworth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| WANDSWORTH. Springfield Ward. 1907. Causes of Death. | Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Public 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. | ||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Typhus Fever | ||||||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Croup | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Asiatic Cholera | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteritis | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Other Continued Fevers | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||||
| Other Septic Diseases | ||||||||||
| Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | j | |||
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 39 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 14 |
| Other Forms ol Tuberculosis | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cancer | 29 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| Premature Birth | 13 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Developmental Diseases | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Old Age | 20 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 15 | |||||
| Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Inflammation and Softening ol Brain | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Acute Bronchitis | 28 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Chronic Bronchitis | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 29 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Diseases of Stomach | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Obstruction of Intestines | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Nephritis and Bl ight's Disease | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Tumours and other Affections of | ||||||||||
| Female Genital Organs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Deaths by Suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Deaths from ill-defined causes | I | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| All other causes | 75 | 37 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 46 |
| All causes | 440 | 217 | 223 | 98 | 56 | 16 | 21 | 138 | 111 | 114 |