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Walthamstow 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Local Government Board Form.1
TABLE IV.

S chedule B. Table of D eaths during the year 1909, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.

No.Causes of Deaths.All AgesUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 & upwardsSt. James St.High StreetHoe StreetWood StreetNorthernTotal Deaths in Public Institutions (Workhouse and Infirmary included).
lSmall-Pox-------------
2Measles309192839554
3Scarlet Fever114521334
4Typhus Fever
5Epidemic Influenza161212144441
6Whooping Cough462124175511189
7Diphtheria, Membranous Croup1419413325
8Croup3111-----111
9Enteric Fever21111
10Asiatic Cholera
11Diarrhoea, Dysentery741114211
12Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis108113214.—
13Enteritis93411L12j264
14Gastro Enteritis541113
15Other continued Fevers----------
16Cerebro Spinal Meningitis----------
17Erysipelas711512223
18Puerperal Fever--
19Other Septic diseases2063173412495
20Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia---
21Tuberculosis of Meninges1621022533144
22Tuberculosis of Lungs1083418803221921202633
23Other forms of Tuberculosis256629349485
24Alcoholism51211
25Cancer611352471119121219
26Premature Birth660191094181
27Developmental Diseases76742151311152210
28Old Age ...64-----641371971822
29Meningitis1145243-132
30Inflammation and Softening of Brain221-1
31Organic Diseases of Heart38461995139839
32Acute Bronchitis402184710875103
33Chronic Bronchitis68254313141014177
34Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia56943328158131286
35Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia5922234172191179137
36Diseases of Stomach62312121
37Obstruction of Intestines6111-311133
38Cirrhosis of Liver8622312I
39Nephritis and Bright's Disease301214134541077
40Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs-------------_
41Accidents and Diseases of Parturition1138323212
42Deaths by Accident or Negligence3799361096104812
43Deaths by Suicide1413134431
44Deaths from Ill-defined Causes1_11
45Syphilis3121111
46All other Causes217214879879463253355152
All Causes1,2052811496044395276253202251220279234