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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
Surbiton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TABLE IY.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1906.
| Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of Death. | All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. ..... | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 & upwards. | Surbiton. | Tol worth. | Hook&S'thbro' | ||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Scarlet fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Whooping-cough | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Group | ||||||||||||
| Fever :— | ||||||||||||
| Typhus | ||||||||||||
| Enteric | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Other continued | ||||||||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Cholera | ||||||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 9 | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Enteritis | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | |
| Puerperal fever Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Other septic diseases Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 10 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | l | 1 | |
| Pleurisy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ||
| Alcoholism : Cirrhosis of liver | ||||||||||||
| Venereal diseases | ||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | l | ||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Heart diseases | 23 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Accidents | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | l | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Suicides | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ||
| All other causes | 46 | i | 2 | 1 | ... | 12 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
| All causes | 153 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 58 | 94 | 44 | 15 | 13 | |