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Hammersmith 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE III.
Causes of, and Ages at. Death during the Year 1912.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents" whether occurring within OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT (a). | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents" in Institutions in the District. (b) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | 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. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All causes | Certified (c) | 1593 | 261 | 67 | 56 | 52 | 52 | 249 | 399 | 457 | 648 |
| Uncertified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Influenza | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 168 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 72 | 48 | 11 | 78 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | i | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 20 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 74 | 38 | 55 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Meningitis (see note (d)) | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 43 | 55 | 38 | |
| Bronchitis | 156 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 79 | 45 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 142 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 61 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 13 | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (see note (e)) | 38 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
| Alcoholism | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 24 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 86 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 59 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 57 | |
| Suicide | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Other defined Diseases | 385 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 99 | 74 | 183 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1593 | 261 | 67 | 56 | 52 | 52 | 249 | 399 | 457 | 648 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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* Sub-Entries should here be made for other deaths which it is desirable to distinguish, on account of
their administrative importance or special interest (e.g., any deaths from Anthrax, Typhus or Glanders,
which have been included under Other Defined Diseases ; or deaths from pneumonia other than bronchopneumonia
which have been included under Pneumonia, all forms.)
See notes on next page.