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Hampstead 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1897

Published
1898
Author
Gwynn, Edmund.
Pages
20
Tables
11

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    Marriages.—The number of marriages celebrated was 521, showing decrease of 5 on the previous year.
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    Deaths in Public Institutions.
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    Hospitals, Asylums, and other Institutions situated outside the parish at which residents died during the year:—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    The following table shows the diminution or excess of deaths in 1897 from the seven principal zymotic diseases :—
    Causes of Death.1897.1896.Diminution in 1897.Excess in 1897.
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    List of Trades, Sfc., under the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1878-1895.
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    Table No. I. Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the Tear 1897, in the Hampstead Sanitary 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.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the Several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census, 1896.Estimated to middle of 1897.123456789101112345 16 17 1891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Kelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    («)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1897, 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 subjoinedAgeS.Aged under 5 or over 5.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    12345618910111213141516171819202122
    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.Diarrhoea & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Influenza.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.Heart DiseaseInjuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid|Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(e)(d)(e)(/)(g)(h)(i)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    Table No. III. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work, Sfc., completed in the year ending 316^ Decemler, 1897.
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    Table No. III. (continued).