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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1894
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Vestry by the Asylums Board out of the Metropolitan
Common Poor Fund. The total number of cases removed to
Fever Hospitals for treatment was 212.
Influenza.—The deaths from influenza numbered 21, and
these were recorded in every month of the year with the
exception of April, July, and October. In December, 1894,
and January, 1895, the disease assumed once more an epidemic
form attended with considerable mortality. Although the
total deaths in London from influenza during 1894 amounted
to only 750, after having been 2336 in 1891, 2264 in 1892,
and 1526 in 1893, yet there was no week in the year
without some deaths from this cause, and it would almost
appear as if this pest had taken a permanent place in our
list of fatal diseases.
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 652 | 2336 | 2264 | 1526 | 750 |
| Hampstead | 8 | 46 | 31 | 53 | 21 |
Local Diseases. — Diseases of the respiratory organs caused
112 deaths, of which 67 were due to bronchitis, 37 to
pneumonia, and 8 to laryngitis and pleurisy. Diseases of
the nervous system caused 57 deaths, including 34 from
apoplexy, 6 from inflammation of the brain, 7 from