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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 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1896

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Table: Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Hampstead District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1896, 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.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Aged under 5 or over 5.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
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At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and 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.Diarrhœa & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.| Heart Disease| Influenza.| Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
Sub-district7601721033239217197Under 5...261...............11522114...2421211119275
5upwds.......5......6......4......4114686162721241485
Workhouse5131...31925Under 5.................................1........................34
5upwds................1...........................6311...22447
N. W. Hospital36211223110810...Under 5...68164................................................11234
5 upwds....2479......11..............................21......11128
Friedenheim80...1418516Under 5............................................................11
5 upwds..............................................48...3......2879
St. Peter's Home13......1462Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...........................................1512......413
N.L. Consumption Hos.25.........817...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................21...1......325
Home Hospital (Hampstead Hos.)171221101Under 5................................................1.........23
5 upwds................2.....................1......13...2514
Medical and Surgical Home.....................Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...................................................................
Totals130818733014981330231Under 5...701701...............11532114...2431212126517
5 upwds....2484......20......4......41251486883725316791
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account injudging of the aboverecords of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto80410484014Under 5......4........................1........................914
5 upwds.......1...............1............11668...43866
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto4721121710738927Under 5...66157.......................................1......13228
5 upwds....2173......13........................17039...648244