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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 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1898

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Table: Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year1898, in theHampstead District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, andLocalities.

Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year1898, in theHampstead District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, andLocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes,at subjoined ages.Aged under 5or over 5.Mortality fkom subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of Children under Five Years of Age
12345678910111213141516171819202122
At allages.Under 1year.1and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSmallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhæa & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Influenza.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.Heart DiseaseInjuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Entericor TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
Sub-district739175811215244212Under 5......4........................252622...142216145256
5 upwds.......2......51...1131...221441607725248483
Workhouse90101......3742Under 5....................................1............2......811
5 upwds................1............1.........13761324579
N. W. Hospital33912193862622...Under 5...66122......1...............5...............41...6205
5 upwds....3056......44.................................1......3134
Friedenheim75......610554Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.................................................4612...2675
St. Peter's Home14......3191Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.................................................3...4...714
N.L. Consumption Hospital27......1521...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.................................................22...2...327
Hampstead Hospital12111171Under 5...................................................1......12
5 upwds................1.................................1...6210
Totals129619827610958395260Under 5...66126......1...............302722...14292,6160474
5 upwds....3058......511...1141...2317119699833334822
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 Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto8135375112Under 5......1...................................................78
5 upwds....12......3..............................5...11104173
46012186934111810Under 5...64115......1...............5...............4126198
5 upwds....3053......44..............................702101043262