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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 1897

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

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Table: Table No. II. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Hampstead District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

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)
Sub-district7451847121132472091Under 5 5 upwds....14......1.........1292224...1242i10135?55
......3......4......5.........322183966811525?490
W orkhouse6311...12634Under 5 5 upwds.......1..............................1.....................2
..............................1......1......949...3561
N. W. Hospital29281648613201Under 5 5 upwds....59108...................................................?172
...2162......25..............................111...91;'0
Friedenheim63...189441Under 5 5 upwds.............................................................11
.............................................136.........2262
St. Peter's Home20......33104Under 5 5 upwds......................................................................
..........................................i...32......920
N. L. Consumption Hospital20......1415...Under 5 5 upwds...................................................................
.......................................1......1511...220
Hampstead Hospital16...311101Under 5 5 upwds.............................................................33
.............................................i............4813
Totals121919324012044372250Under 5 5 upwds....60113......1.........12102325...1242111141483
...2165......29......5...134419103749922337786

Table: The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

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 be893104104418Under 5 5 upwds.......1....................................12...3613
longing thereto. Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto....11.................................144775176
39781599729995Under 5 5 upwds....56103........................11..................15167
...2060......25.....................11153410748230