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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
Hampstead 1899
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1899
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Table No. 11. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1899, in the Hampstead District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics, Public Institutions being shown as separate. localities. (a) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Aged under 5 or over 5. (i) | MORTALITY FROM SUBJOINED CAUSES, DISTINGUISHING DEATHS OF Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. (b) | Under 1 year. (c) | 1 and under 5. (d) | 5 and under 15. (e) | 15 and under 25. (f) | 25 and under 65. (g) | 65 and upwards (h) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea & Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-district | 775 | 188 | 55 | 17 | 23 | 269 | 223 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 19 | 10 | 33 | ... | 5 | 1 | 40 | ... | 8 | 119 | 243 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 51 | 76 | 90 | 25 | 248 | 532 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 75 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 29 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 10 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 65 | ||||||||
| N. W. Hospital | 276 | 9 | 140 | 84 | 20 | 23 | ... | under 5 | ... | 42 | 95 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 149 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 24 | 52 | ... | ... | 39 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 4 | 127 | ||||||||
| Friedenheim | 80 | ... | 1 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 3 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | . | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 54 | 1 | 3 | ... | 20 | 79 | ||||||||
| St. Peter's Home | 20 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3{ | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 19 | ||||||||
| N. L. Consumption Hospital | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 17 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 22 | ||||||||
| Hampstead Hospital | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1262 | 206 | 200 | 114 | 69 | 413 | 260 | Under 5 | ... | 43 | 97 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 23 | 11 | 33 | ... | 5 | 2 | 45 | ... | 10 | 131 | 406 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 24 | 55 | 1 | ... | 44 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 142 | 88 | 109 | 37 | 316 | 856 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 62 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 51 | ||||||||
| Deaths occnrring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 398 | 10 | 137 | 88 | 44 | 114 | 5 | Under 5 | ... | 43 | 91 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 6 | 147 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 21 | 50 | ... | ... | 40 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 80 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 251 |