Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903.

  • Hammersmith (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    132 TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1903. Deaths in or belonging to whole district at sub joined ages. Deaths in or belonging to localities (at all ages). Total Deaths in Public Institu tions in the District. Causes of Death. All Ages. Under 1 year. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 25. 25 and under 65. 65 and upwards. North. Centre. South. West London Hospital. Nazareth Home. Hammersmith Infirmary. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 small pox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 measles 27 9 17 1 0 0 0 11 11 5 0 0 0 0 scarler fever 8 0 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 Whooping Cough 31 18 13 0 0 0 0 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 Diphtheria nnd Membranous Croup 18 3 10 5 0 0 0 7 10 1 0 0 0 1 Croup 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Typhus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fever Enteric 10 0 0 0 4 6 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 Other Continued 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Epidemic Influenza 8 1 0 0 0 2 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 Cholera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Diarrhœa 87 74 8 0 0 1 4 41 32 13 1 0 0 5 *Enteritis 14 11 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 4 1 0 0 2 *Puerperal Fever 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Erysipelas 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 Other Septic Diseases 31 6 2 3 4 12 4 11 9 5 6 0 0 25 *Phthisis 175 7 1 7 22 124 14 63 75 31 5 0 1 10 Other Tubercular Diseases. 61 18 17 11 5 10 0 28 20 10 3 0 0 15 *Cancer, Malignant Disease 95 0 0 0 0 64 31 34 45 14 2 0 0 10 Bronchitis 171 28 10 1 1 32 69 61 48 31 1* 0 0 9 Pneumonia 150 57 24 4 5 44 16 65 54 26 5 0 0 14 Pleurisy 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver 33 1 0 0 0 27 5 14 13 6 0 0 0 1 venereal diseases 13 9 1 0 1 2 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 Premature Birth 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 27 17 10 0 0 0 1 Diseases and Accidents of Parturition 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Heart Diseases 118 5 1 4 7 60 41 39 54 18 4 0 3 19 Accidents 57 15 0 5 6 19 12 21 14 11 11 0 0 26 Suicides 10 0 0 0 1 7 2 4 1 3 2 0 0 5 All other Causes 446 99 20 13 6 135 173 195 170 69 11 0 1 58 All Causes 1607 418 131 56 66 556 380 677 608 264 63 0 5 207 *See Notes at foot of this form. Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths of Residents occurring in public institu tions, whether within or wituout the district, are to be included with the other deaths in the columns for the several age groups (columns 2-8). They are also, in columns 9-15, to be included among the deaths in their respective Localities according to the previous addresses of the deceased as given by the Registrars. Deaths of Non-residents ccurring in public institutions in the district are in like manner to be excluded from columns 2-8 and 9-15 of this Table.