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Clerkenwell 1900

Report on the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of Clerkenwell [West Division, Borough of Finsbury] for the year 1900

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Table IV. Clerkenwell District. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1900.

Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.)Deaths in Public Institutions.
All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSt. James.Amwell.Goswell.
Small Pox......................
Measles389245......91994
Scarlet Fever1082......17210
Whooping Cough531736........2122103
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup173113......58412
Croup211........11....
FeverTyphus......................
Enteric6......33..1324
Other continued......................
Epidemic Influenza181..1..1336753
Cholera......................
Plague......................
Diarrhoea (See notes) .816612....2121401411
Enteritis. (See notes)511....212357
Puerperal Fever................1..1
Erysipelas41......212324
Other Septic Diseases27515112311113
Phthisis17214618139443954194
Other Tubercular Diseases58133571111327713
Cancer, Malignant Disease36........2883201217
Bronchitis1863319..1825146974470
Pneumonia169253965751947873345
Pleurisy..............1....1
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs4........312527
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver38........32692038
Venereal Diseases32......1..111..
Premature Birth4141..........623121
Diseases and Accidents of parturition54......1....4....
Heart Diseases1252..46724127712954
Accidents56227441541532928
Suicides7........611422
Renal Diseases23....221454843
Nervous and Cerebral Diseases441....1301213151316
Debility83756....112142142
Senility54..........5418221126
All other causes385..4219827333447
All causes1,4033282044944553225347731325496