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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
Hammersmith 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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TABLE II.
Causes of, and ages at Death during the Year 1925.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | 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. | Wards. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| All Causes | Certified | 1604 | 153 | 36 | 26 | 56 | 84 | 172 | 412 | 665 | 250 | 319 | 272 | 93 | 276 | 276 | 118 | 238 |
| Uncertified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Influenza | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phthisis(PulmonaryTuberculosis) | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 40 | 38 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 3 | |
| Disemminated Tuberculosis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis Meningitis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 101 | 88 | 31 | 40 | 47 | 14 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 39 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Meningitis | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 169 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 97 | 31 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 6 | |
| Bronchitis | 115 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 81 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 5 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 134 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 16 | |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 35 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nephritis and Bright's Diseese .. | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Congenital Debility and Malforni-ation,including Prematnre Birth | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 16 | |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 45 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
| Suicide | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other defined diseases | 471 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 115 | 270 | 73 | 100 | 88 | 28 | 72 | 77 | 3 | 79 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown .. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1604 | 153 | 36 | 26 | 56 | 84 | 172 | 412 | 665 | 250 | 319 | 272 | 93 | 276 | 276 | 118 | 238 | |
| Sub-Entries included in above figures. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethar-gica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
The following table shows the Death Rates of the seven
Wards of the Borough.