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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Deaths in Public 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. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Enteric Fever ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 116 | 57 | 59 | 23 | 43 | 32 | 17 | *9 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 35 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever ... | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | I | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| Diphtnena, and Membranous Croup | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 156 | ||||
| Influenza | 59 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10 | ||
| Erysipelas | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | I | 1 | |||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | ..j | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Other Epidemic Diseases | j | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 28c | 161 | 128 | 1 | 5 | *8 | 45 | 121 | 95 | 14 | "58 | 16 | 78 | 26 | III | 124 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 34 | 20 | 14 | 3 | "8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis... | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ft | 2 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases ... | 23 | M | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | j | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| Other Infective Diseases | 21 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
| Cancer,Malignant Disease | 352 | 141 | 211 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 158 | J5i | 64 | 38 | 121 | 25 | 104 | ||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Diabetes | 4C | T9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Other General Diseases... | 42 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | IC | *5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Alcoholism | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chronic Poisonings | |||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis Cerebral Haemorrhage, | 2' | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Apoplexy ... | 179 | 81 | 98 | a | 1 | 10 | 57 | 109 | 32 | 16 | 72 | 13 | 46 | 23 | |||
| Convulsions ... | 3« | 16 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Nervous System | 133 | 75 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3i | 40 | 44 | *9 | 15 | 47 | 15 | 37 | 76 | |
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 296 | 120 | 176 | 10 | 9 | 48 16 | 102 | 127 | 66 | 12 | 94 37 | ?.o | 94 | 7° | |||
| Other Diseases of Circulatory System | "5 | 52 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 10 | |||
| Bronchitis | 267 | 127 | 140 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 50 | 26 | 75 | 34 | 82 | 37 20 | ||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 132 | 62 | 7C | 5i | 19 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 3* | 18 | 35 | 7 | 41 | ||
| Lobar Pneumonia | 4i | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |
| Pneumonia (type not distinguished) | 147 | 75 | 72 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 4i | 19 3 | 49 | 54 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 35 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | S | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ulcer of Stomach | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | x | |||
| Diarrhoea | 63 | 33 | 3o | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Enteritis | 105 | 57 | 48 | 81 | *3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 41 | 6 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 9 | M*6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ! | 7 | 6 | ||
| Obstruction of Intestines | 41 | *4 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
| Other Diseases of Liver... | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 43 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | *3 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 104 | 58 | 46 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 10 | 29 | 19 | |||
| Other Diseases of Urinary System | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Diseases of Generative System | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Premature Birth | 103 | 58 | 45 | 103 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 34 | 1 | |||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation | 105 | 60 | 45 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 42 | 11 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Early Infancy | 2 f> | 14 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Q | 4 | ||||||||
| Old Age | 237 | 81 | 156 | 1 | 236 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 26 | 231 | |||||||
| Deaths from Accident ... | 80 | 4^ | 34 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 20 | *7 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 32 | ||
| Deaths from Suicide | 33 | 18 | 15 | 2 | *4 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| Other Violent Deaths | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | j | 1 r | |||||||||||
| Other defined Diseases ... | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | r | |||||
| Ill-defined Diseases or un | |||||||||||||||||
| known | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | X | |||||||||
| All causes... | r72S | i860 | 605 | JSi | T20 | jft | 121 | 480 | 841 | 1146 | 686 | 315 | 1072 | 1126 | 1034 | ||