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City of London 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

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(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1894, in the City of London, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. (A) [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Board.]

Names ofLocalities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes at subjoinedAges.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6060 and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Totals
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.910.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.
ST. BOTOLPH100307162630Under 521361821437
5 upwds.111116961963
CRIPPLEGATE325311013Under 512519
5 upwds.1121021623
ST. SEPULCHRE*68954*62024Under 5181414
5 upwds.27125*919*54
ST. BRIDE73163232623Under 511411118
5 upwds.4117122155
ALLHALLOWS121154356826Under 52153718
5 upwds.1816152538103
BROAD STREET29422129Under 512126
5 upwds.388423
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
CITY POLICE HOSPITAL22Under 5
5 upwds.22
ST. BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL5605183567823854Under 51242181225763134
5 upwds.14191226326856217426
WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD)6321Under 533
5 upwds.213
ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL211Under 5
5 upwds.112
totals99313310766101405181Under 53262231110354516104239
5 upwds2521212161110115110324754
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of the mortality of this Division of the Sanitary District.
Deaths occurring outside the Division or District among persons belonging thereto.†169Under 5
5 upwds11420171116169
Deaths occurring within the Division or District among persons not belonging thereto.‡5625183567823955Under 51242181225763134
5 upwds14191226336857217428
* Including a man hanged in Newgate Prison for murder. †Homerton Workhouse. Bow Infirmary, and Lunatic Asylum, Dartford, to be added to total deaths. ‡ To be deducted from the total deaths.