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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
Holborn 1897
Medical Officer's annual report,
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TABLE OF DEATHS During the Year 1897 in the Charterhouse, Furnival's Inn, and Staple Tun, Metropolitan Districts, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| N.B.—Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities, (See note 4 on back of sheet.) (Columns for Population and, Births are in Table B.) (a) | MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES, AT SUBJOINED AGES. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths or 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 | 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 | Diarrœha and Dysentery | Rheumatic Fever | Phthisis | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease | * | Injuries | All other Diseases | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHARTERHOUSE | 4 | 4 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FURNIVAL'S INN | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwde. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| STAPLE INN | Nil. | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 5 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area in Acres—CHARTERHOUSE, 13 Acres.
FURNIVAL'S INN, ¾ Acre.
STAPLE INN, ½ Acre.
Population (1891)— CHARTERHOUSE, 1,328.
FURNIVAL'S INN, 97.
STAPLE INN, 40.
In recording the facts under the various headings of Table A, attention has been given to
the notes endorsed on the Tables.
GEORGE NEWMAN, M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health
February 9th, 1898.