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 Sutton]
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Table III. —Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1904.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital * | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
| Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | 13 | ||
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | . .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 31 | .. | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .. | 25 | |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Totals | 51 | .. | 14 | 22 | 6 | 9 | .. | 88 | |
* Isolation Hospital, Sutton, Carshalton, and Leatherhead (Urban) and Epsom (Rural) Joint Hospital
at Cuddington.
TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1904.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in ok belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and cinder 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Epidemic Influenza | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| Erysipelas | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other septic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Phthisis | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | |||
| Other tubercular diseases | 12 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | l | .. | |||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | .. | |||
| Bronchitis | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | .. | |||
| Pneumonia | 11 | 4 | 1 | .. | l | 5 | .. | 3 | |||
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Alcoholism | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||
| Venereal diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Premature Birth | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Heart Diseases | 28 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 14 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Accidents | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |||
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| All other Causes | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 2 | ||||
| All Causes | 166 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 52 | 11 | |||