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Wandsworth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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312 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| WANDSWORTH. South field Ward. 19I3* Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Public I Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||
| All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Small-pox ... | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza ... | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Erysipelas... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | ||||||||||||
| Other Epidemic Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 16 | 3 | |||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other Infective Diseases | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 72 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 25 | |||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Diabetes ... | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Other General Diseases | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Alcoholism | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Chronic Poisonings ... | ||||||||||||
| Meningitis... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Apoplexy | 33 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||||
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of Nervous System | 17 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 63 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 21 | 3 | |||
| Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 25 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 47 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33 | |||||
| Broncho-Pneumonia... | 17 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Lobar Pneumonia ... | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Pneumonia (type not distinguished) | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ulcer of Stomach | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea ... | 15 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Enteritis ... | 16 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis Obstruction of Intestines | 4 7 | 3 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of Liver | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Nephritis and Bright s Disease | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Urinary System | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diseases of Generative System | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||||||
| Other Accidents and Diseases of | ||||||||||||
| Pregnancy and Childbirth... | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Mal-lormation | 23 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 1 | |||||||
| Other Diseases of Early Infancy | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Old Age | 51 | 20 | 3i | 51 | ||||||||
| Deaths from Accident | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Deaths from Suicide | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Other Violent Deaths | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other defined Diseases | 5 | 4 | i | 4 | ||||||||
| Ill-defined Diseases or unknown | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| All causes ... | 668 | 323 | 345 | 103 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 83 | 165 | 217 | 3* |