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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 1915
[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 i 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 ... | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 152 | 90 | 62 | 30 | 64 | 40 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 79 | 33 | |||
| Scarlet Kever ... | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 38 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 66 | 24 | 4- | 28 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 1 | ||||
| Diphtheria, and Membranous Croup | 53 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 77 | ||
| Influenza | 90 | 45 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 32 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2C | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Other Epidemic Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ••• | |||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 329 | 183 | 146 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 156 | 81 | 17 | 61 | 32 | 88 | 48 | 100 | 98 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 57 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 6 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis... | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases ... | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
| Other Infective Diseases | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | I | 3 | 2 | ||
| Cancer,Malignant Disease | 398 | 151 | 247 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 198 | 160 | 69 | 47 | 149 | 36 | 97 | 66 | |||
| Rheumatic Fever | 17 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | I | 7 | 3 | |||
| Diabetes | 39 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Other General Diseases... | 56 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 10 | ||
| Alcoholism ... | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Chronic Poisonings | |||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis | 24 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Apoplexy ... | 173 | 71 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 108 | 42 | 9 | 60 | 16 | 46 | 23 | |||
| Convulsions ... | 28 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Nervous System | 142 | 77 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 49 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 45 | 91 | |
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 389 | 204 | 185 | 3 | I | 10 | 8 | 44 | 139 | 184 | 70 | 23 | 137 | 46 | 112 | 55 | |
| Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 103 | 48 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 54 | 25 | 12 | 40 | 7 | 19 | 12 | |||
| Bronchitis | 381 | 184 | 197 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 82 | 221 | 80 | 28 | 112 | 48 | 113 | 37 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 147 | 78 | 69 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 50 | 21 |
| Lobar Pneumonia | 82 | 42 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 11 | 31 | 3 |
| Pneumonia (type not ... distinguished) | 134 | 73 | 61 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 18 | 50 | 16 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 48 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| Ulcer of Stomach | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Diarrhcea | 6fc | 33 | 35 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Enteritis | 57 | 30 | 27 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 4 | ||
| Appendicitis andTyphlitis | 20 | II | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Obstruction of Intestines | 82 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 34 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Liver... | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 63 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 7 |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 120 | 63 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 37 | 20 | ||
| Other Diseases of Urinary System | 24 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Diseases of Generative System | 11 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Premature Birth | 9c | 57 | 33 | 90 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 3 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation | 111 | 57 | 54 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3i | 18 | 37 | 14 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Early Infancy | 24 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |||||||
| Old Age | 31c | 107 | 203 | 1 | 309 | 81 | 19 | 97 | 29 | 84 | 394 | ||||||
| Deaths from Accident ... | 81 | 54 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 26 | 29 |
| Deaths from Suicide | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Other Violent Deaths | 18 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 58 | |||||||
| Other defined Diseases ... | 23 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | I | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | |
| Ill-defined Diseases or unknown | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| All causes | 4189 | 2085 | 2104 | 590 | 191 | 178 | 157 | 163 | 508 | 073 | 1420 | 760 | 368 | 1260 | 486 | 1225 | |
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