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.
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In the next Table the number of deaths in Institutions outside the Borough is given in detail.
Table VIII.—Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., outside the Borough, of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1922.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 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. | Poor Law Infirmaries. | General & Special Hospitals, &c. | Public Lunatic & Imbecile Asylums. | Metropolitan Asy. Board's Hospitals. | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 33 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 3 | .. | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 13 |
Whooping Cough | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 22 | 13 | 9 | .. | 3 | 6 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 20 |
Influenza | 30 | 8 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .. | |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Other Epidemic Diseases | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 134 | 76 | 58 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 63 | 30 | 7 | 32 | 12 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 65 | 49 | 20 | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | .. | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 14 | 11 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. |
Other Infective Diseases | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 165 | 90 | 75 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 20 | 93 | 50 | 28 | 17 | 56 | 18 | 46 | 105 | 59 | 1 | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 13 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | .. | .. |
Other General Diseases | 19 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. |
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Apoplexy | 46 | 23 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 13 | 3 | .. |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of Nervous System | 71 | 47 | 24 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 33 | .. |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 212 | 85 | 127 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 148 | 36 | 14 | 73 | 24 | 65 | 156 | 10 | 16 | .. |
Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 47 | 25 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 3 | .. |
Bronchitis | 50 | 24 | 26 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 10 | 2 | .. |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 34 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 1 | .. |
Lobar Pneumonia | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .. |
Pneumonia (type not distinguished) | 22 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 2 | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 18 | 12 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .. | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .. | .. |
Ulcer of Stomach | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 3 | ] | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 16 | 10 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | .. | .. |
Obstruction of Intestines | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 8 | 9 | 8 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of Liver | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
Other Diseasse of Digestive System | 23 | 12 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | .. | .. |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 51 | 25 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 9 | .. |
Other Diseases of Urinary System | 30 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .. |
Diseases of Generative System | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth | 7 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 |
Premature Birth | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility and Malformation | 24 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of Early Infancy | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
Old Age | 38 | 15 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 10 | .. | .. |
Deaths from Accident | 66 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 32 | 1 | .. |
Deaths from Suicide | 10 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. |
Other Violent Deaths | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Defined Diseases | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .. |
Ill-defined Diseases or unknown | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
All causes | 1,369 | 734 | 635 | 77 | 43 | 43 | 69 | 76 | 233 | 389 | 439 | 258 | 114 | 415 | 178 | 404 | 801 | 424 | 107 | 37 |