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Walthamstow 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Schedule 33. Table ofDeathsdaring the year1903,in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.

No.Causes of DeathsAll AgesUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwardsSt. James StreetHigh StreetHoe StreetWood StreetNorthernTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
lSmall-Pox-------------
2Measles528377---18412117-
3Scarlet Fever6123---311-1-
4Typhus Fever-------------
5Epidemic Influenza111--15422-43-
6Whooping Cough341222----661138-
7Diphtheria, Membranous Croup17-134---63224-
8Croup----—.--------
9Enteric Fever19--6310-571246
10Asiatic Cholera-------------
11Diarrhoea, Dysentery28232--12711-37-
12Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis37269--11794512-
13Enteritis20173----513382
14Other continued Fevers-------------
15Erysipelas2---11-1-1-— --
16Puerperal Fever-------------
17Other Septic diseases4-1--3-22----
18Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia-------------
19Tuberculosis of Meninges221064-1145652-
20Tuberculosis of Lungs982151474226262211132
21Other forms of Tuberculosis221151-32633551
22Alcoholism-------------
23Cancer441--123197417971
24Premature Birth6666-----151413915-
25Developmental Diseases907614----19191117243
26Old Age54----25211917981
27Meningitis15311--1-331-8-
28Inflammation and Softening of Brain8----4411321-
29Organic Diseases of Heart21--4386725612
30Acute Bronchitis513212--5217111247-
31Chronic Bronchitis52----1438515111110-
32Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia41108-312810117856
33Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia5330181-22151098112
34Diseases of Stomach16112--3--46123-
35Obstruction of Intestines911--254311-1
36Cirrhosis of Liver12----11132421-
37Nephritis and Bright's Disease17-2--87236421
38Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs-------------
39Accidents and Diseases of Parturition11---29-12134-
40Deaths by Accident or Negligence401495-8410937116
41Deaths by Suicide4----132--112
42Deaths from Ill-defined Causes-------------
43All other Causes202468513864451304132483
All Causes1,178401186454129820728523422918924139