Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Urban District. TABLE 4.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1904.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of '' Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Deaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cotten-ham Park Ward. | Dun-donald Ward. | Holy Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Measles | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 16 | — | — | |
Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Whooping-cough | 14 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | — | — | |
Diphtheria & membranous croup | 6 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | |
Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Fever. | Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | |
Other continued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Epidemic Influenza | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
Cholera | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Diarrhœa | 49 | 38 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | — | — | |
Enteritis | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | |
Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Other septic diseases | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | — | 1 |