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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

Wimbledon 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE 6.WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.Table showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

TABLE 6.

WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Table showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

Cause ok Death.AGES.
2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 andup-wardsTotal.
Classes.
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases56126.........11.........76
II. — Dietic Diseases.........1...1...............2
III.—Constitutional Diseases13116788518154196
IV.— Developmental Diseases29.....................311447
V.—Local Diseases3618551114151527183167
VI.—Deaths from Violence5311......2...2......14
VII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes6..................223...13
Totals1454418141923233649368415
I.-Specific Febrile,or Zymotic Diseases
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Measles...2...........................2
Scarlet Fever...11........................2
Whooping Cough2...1........................3
Diphtheria133........................7
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......1........................1
Influenza..................11.........2
2.—Diarrhceal Diseases
Diarrhoea, Dysentery506...........................66
3.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas3..............................3
11.—Dietic Diseases.
Chronic Alcoholism.........1...1...............2
III.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever.........1.....................1
Rheumatism......1........................1
Cancer, Malignant Disease............12216113136
Tabes Mesenterica1..............................1
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus584........................17
Phthisis...11463311......20
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula72...213...............15
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia........................2......2
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.....................111...3
IV — Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth19..............................19
Atelectasis1..............................1
Congenital Malformations1..............................1
Old Ago........................311418
Marasmus8..............................8
V.—Local Diseases.
1.-- Diseases of Nervous System.
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain
Paralysis.....................246...12
Epilepsy...............1...............1
Convulsions163...........................19
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans.....................1......12
Other Dis ases of Nervous System1..............................1
2. — Diseases of Cuculatory System.
Pericarditis..................1............1
Valvular Diseases of Heart......1..................1...2
Other Diseases of Heart...112...625113233
3. — Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis11...........................2
Bronchitis211.........1234...14
Pneumonia81021616112...38
4.— Diseases of Digestive System.
Dentition1..............................1
Diseases of Stomach2.........11...............4
Enteritis52...............11......9
Obstructive Diseases of Intestine.........11......13......6
Peritonitis.........112...............4
Cirrhosis of Liver...............21...1......4
Jaundice and other Diseases of Liver...............11............2
5.—Diseases of Urinary System
Nephritis..................1121...5
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria..................111......3
Other Diseases of the Urinary System............1............1...2
6.— Diseases of Reproductive System.
a. Organs of Generation
Female Organs..................1............1
b. Of Parturition.
Puerperal Convulsions............1..................1
VI.—Deaths from Violence.
1.—Accident or Negliqence.
Fractures and Contusions...11...............1......3
Gunshot Wounds.........1.....................1
Poison...1...........................1
Drowning...1...........................1
Suffocation4...............1............5
2.—Homicide.
Murder1..............................1
3. —Suicide.
Fractured Skull: Jumped from Window..................1...1......2
VII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes.
Dropsy...........................1...1
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition0..................1...1...8
Mortification........................2......2
Tumour...........................1...1
Causes not specified or Ill-Defined.....................1.........1