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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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Table II. gives the causes of deaths occurring
among the civilian population of the borough.
TABLE II.
Causes of, and Ages at. Death during: the Tear 1917.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages ok "Residents'' whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of “Residents" or " Nonresidents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | I 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. | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| All causes - | Certified | 1635 | 251 | 70 | 73 | 47 | 52 | 219 | 360 | 563 | 232 | |
| Uncertified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Measles | 39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Influenza | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 189 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 86 | 52 | 12 | 14 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 23 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | j | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 143 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 76 | 51 | 31 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Meningitis | 22 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Organic Heart Disease | 161 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 62 | 67 | 14 | ||
| Bronchitis | 150 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 92 | 4 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 155 | 36 | 16 | ? | 6 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 41 | 29 | ||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 45 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Alcoholism | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 10 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 86 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | ||
| Suicide | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Other defined Diseases | 410 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 74 | 233 | 54 | ||
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Total | 1635 | 251 | 70 | 73 | 47 | 52 | 219 | 360 | 563 | 232 | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Infantile Mortality.—Of the 1,635 deaths, 251 or
15.3 Per cent. were of infants under one year of age.