London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Teddington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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TABLE IV.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in District. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 & under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 & upwards. | Fulwell. | Upper Teddington. | Lower Teddington. | South Teddington. | Workhouse Infirmary. | ||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whooping-cough | |||||||||||||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Croup | |||||||||||||
| Fever— | |||||||||||||
| Typhus | |||||||||||||
| Enteric | |||||||||||||
| Other continued | |||||||||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteritis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Puerperal fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||
| Other septic diseases | |||||||||||||
| Phthisis | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Venereal diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Premature birth | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Diseases & accidents of parturition | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Heart diseases | 21 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Accidents | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Suicides | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Old Age | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| All other causes | 40 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| All causes | 170 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 45 | 22 | 77 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 13 |