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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.
Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1-5. | 5-15. | | 15-25. | 25-35. | 35-45. | 45-55. | 55-65. | 65-75. | 75-85. | Over 85. | Belonging to District. | Non " Residents " in Public Institutions in the District. | |
Small-pox | ||||||||||||||
Measles | 15 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | 2 | |||||||||||
Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Croup | ||||||||||||||
Fever:— | ||||||||||||||
Typhus | ||||||||||||||
Enteric | ||||||||||||||
Other continued | ||||||||||||||
Epidemic Influenza | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | ||||||||||||||
Plague | ||||||||||||||
Diarrhoea | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
Enteritis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) .. | 44 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | 14 | 3 |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 11 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 31 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||||
Bronchitis | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | . . | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
Pneumonia | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Pleurisy | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Other Diseases of | ||||||||||||||
Respiratory | ||||||||||||||
Organs | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | •• | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
4 | ||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Diseases & Accidents of Parturition | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Heart Diseases | 53 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 14 | |||
Accidents | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | l | 1 | I | ||||||
Drowning | 2 | 1 | l | 1 | ||||||||||
Pemphigus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
All Other Causes | 127 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 28 | 31 | |
All Causes | 452 | 91 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 49 | 16 | 89 | 88 |