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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
Southall-Norwood 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages.) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under | 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | West Ward. | East Ward. | Hanwell Asylum. | Hillingdon Workhouse. | Joint Isolation Hospital. | ||
| Measles | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Scarlet fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Whooping cough | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Enteritis | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Phthisis | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 30 | ||||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Alcoholism | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cirrhosis of liver | |||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Heart diseases | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Accidents | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Suicides | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| All other causes | 49 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 131 | 3 | ||
| All causes | 156 | 62 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 26 | 82 | 69 | 212 | 4 | 1 | |