Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903.

  • Fulham (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
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[1904]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from diarrhœa secondary to some other well-defined disease are included under the latter. 8— —9 Total Deaths in Public Institu - tions in the District. 17 TABLE IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1903. Causes of Death. 1 Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages.) All ages. 2 Under 1 year. 3 1 and under 5. 4 5 and under 15. 5 15 and under 25. 6 25 and under 65 7 65 and upwards. 8 Barons Court Ward. 9 Town Ward. 16 Lillie Ward. 10 Margravine Ward. 12 Hurlingham Ward. 14 Munster Ward. 13 Sands End Ward. 15 Walham Ward 11 Smallpox ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Measles 62 12 47 2 1 13 9 17 21 1 1 18 ... ... ... ... Scarlet-fever 8 4 4 ... ... 2 1 1 3 1 36 ... ... ... ... ... Whooping-cough 48 24 21 3 6 1 11 10 3 13 1 8 3 ... ... ... Diphtheria and membra nous croup 24 1 18 1 4 ... ... 1 6 2 5 6 3 1 71 ... ... Croup 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Typhus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 1 24 Fever Enteric 16 ... 1 1 2 12 ... 2 2 1 6 1 ... Other continued ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Epidemic infiuenza 17 1 1 2 ... 8 5 1 1 1 ... 2 1 5 6 ... Cholera ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Plague ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Diarrhœa (See notes) 167 127 35 2 3 6 29 7 50 44 1 24 6 66 ... ... Enteritis (See notes) 14 12 1 1 ... 1 4 4 3 ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... Puerperal fever (See notes) 5 ... ... 1 4 ... 1 1 ... 2 1 ... 3 ... ... ... Erysipelas 5 1 1 ... 3 ... ... 2 1 1 1 5 ... ... ... ... Other septic diseases 6 ... 2 2 ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 3 2 2 Phthisis (See notes) 201 4 9 27 157 4 17 31 21 25 45 11 29 22 120 ... 7 5 5 20 3 18 13 Other tubercular diseases 72 24 27 9 4 8 ... 6 8 Cancer, malignant disease (See Notes) 116 ... ... ... 1 68 47 13 23 12 12 16 8 14 18 42 Bronchitis 8 16 154 38 11 33 72 5 24 11 22 37 31 48 Pheumonia 174 54 45 3 3 50 19 9 25 20 22 41 12 33 12 35 Pleurisy 6 2 1 ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... Other diseases of Respi ratory organs 3 1 2 2 1 13 2 6 ... 3 2 ... 3 1 Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver 28 ... ... ... ... 24 4 3 2 5 2 3 3 7 3 10 Venereal diseases 24 19 1 ... 3 1 ... 4 6 9 ... 5 10 Premature birth 97 97 ... ... ... ... ... 6 10 11 9 35 3 16 7 7 Diseases and accidents of parturition 5 ... ... ... 1 4 ... ... 2 ... 1 1 ... 1 ... 1 Heart diseases 129 4 2 7 12 76 28 6 28 14 17 21 5 25 13 28 Accidents 85 24 4 7 4 36 10 7 11 6 13 19 5 27 7 23 Suicides 7 ... ... ... 1 5 1 ... 2 1 1 ... 1 ... 2 Murder 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 ... ... All other causes 559 162 133 13 17 198 136 43 99 56 78 104 43 83 53 162 605 266 68 75 701 332 130 331 192 313 445 113 342 181 732 All causes 2047 Notes.— (a) In this Table all deaths of Residents occurring in public institutions, whether within or without the district, are included with the other deaths in the columns for the several age groups (columns 2—8). They are also, in columns 9 —16, 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 occurring in public institutions in the district are in like manner excluded from columns 2—8 and 9—16 of this Table. (b) See notes on Table I. as to the meaning of Residents and Non-residents, and as to the Public Institutions taken into account for the purposes of these Tables. The Localities should be the same as those in Tables II. and III. (c) All deaths occurring in public institutions situated within the district, whether of Residents or of Non-residents, are, in addition to being dealt with as in note (a), entered in the last column of this Table. (d) Under the heading of Diarrhœa are included deaths certified as from diarrhœa alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined nature; and also deaths certified as from Epidemic enteritis; Zymotic enteritis; Epidemic Diarrhœa; Summer diarrhœa; Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhœa; Choleraic diarrh œa, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic cholera). Under the heading of Enteritis' are included those certified as from Gastro-enteritis, Muco-enteritis, and Gastric catarrh, unless from nfor mation obtained by enquiry from the certifying practitioner or otherwise the Medical Officer of Health has reason for including such deaths, especially those of infants, under the specific term Diarrhœa. Under the headings of Cancer, Phthisis, and Puerperal fever are included all registered deaths from causes comprised within these general terms. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...