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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cancer | 147 | 202 | 222 | 247 | 242 | 224 | 256 | 272 | 274 | 275 | 298 | 10 | — |
Tubercular Diseases | 374 | 388 | 314 | 343 | 380 | 360 | 376 | 352 | 382 | 362 | 351 | — | 91 |
Circulatory „ | 339 | 298 | 320 | 410 | 327 | 346 | 331 | 387 | 350 | 366 | 312 | — | 111 |
Respiratory „ | 577 | 477 | 550 | 379 | 514 | 512 | 511 | 550 | 543 | 690 | 509 | — | 137 |
Premature Birth | 242 | 274 | 308 | 322 | 298 | 317 | 315 | 285 | 294 | 254 | 249 | — | 105 |
Violence | 109 | 114 | 127 | 111 | 101 | 108 | 90 | 107 | 118 | 91 | — | 40 | |
All other Diseases | 924 | 951 | 952 | 827 | 1044 | 1019 | 1034 | 1050 | 1053 | 1057 | 1032 | — | 177 |
Totals | 2712 | 2704 | 2793 | 2639 | 2906 | 2869 | 2931 | 2986 | 3003 | 3122 | 2842 | — | 655 |
The above were the cause of 91.5 per cent. of the total deaths,
compared with 88.7 in 1909, 88.8 in 1908, 87.4 in 1907, 84.7 in
1906, 86.4 in 1905, 84 in 1904, 85.8 in 1903, 83.9 in 1902, and
85.3 in 1901.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 298, 116 of males and 182 of females, compared with
275 in 1909, 274 in 1908, 272 in 1907, 256 in 1906, an increase of
23, compared with the previous year and of 10 compared with the
corrected decennial average.
The corrected death-rate was .86 per 1,000, compared with
.81 in 1909, .83 in 1908, .86 in 1907, .82 in 1906, .78 in 1905, .92 in
1904, and '98 in 1903.