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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1908.
| Causes ok Death. | Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 & upwards | Surbiton. | Tolworth. | Hook&S'thbro' | |||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Scarlet fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Whooping-cough | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | |
| Croup | ||||||||||||
| Fever:— Typhus | ||||||||||||
| Enteric | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other continued | ||||||||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ||
| Cholera | ||||||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Puerperal fever | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | ||
| Other tubercular diseases | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 10 | ... | 1 | ||
| Bronchitis | 21 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Pneumonia | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pleurisy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ||
| Alcoholism: Cirrhosis of liver | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Venereal diseases | ||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Diseases & accidents of parturition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Heart diseases | 28 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Accidents | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Suicides | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| All other causes | 64 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 5 | |
| All causes | 189 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 82 | 119 | 49 | 21 | 12 | |