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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
City of London 1895
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895
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(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1895, 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 of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | 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 60 | 60 and up wards. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea 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. | 9 | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. | 20. | 21. | 22. | |||||||||
| ST. BOTOLPH | 112 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 35 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRIPPLEGATE | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. SEPULCHRE | *66 | S | 6 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 21 | Under 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | *7 | 12 | *55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. BRIDE | 56 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 17 | Under 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALLHALLOWS | 120 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 39 | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BROAD STREET | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CITY POLICE HOSPITAL | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL | 624 | 74 | 89 | 46 | 71 | 256 | 88 | Under 5 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 163 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 66 | 64 | 223 | 461 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD) | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL | 3 | 3 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 1,057 | 151 | 125 | 51 | 91 | 411 | 228 | Under 5 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 6 | 10 | 124 | 276 | |||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 148 | 122 | 97 | 307 | 781 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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. | †189 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 109 | Under 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 107 | 182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the Division or District among persons not belonging thereto. | ‡1627 | 74 | 89 | 46 | 71 | 259 | 88 | Under 5 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 163 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 66 | 64 | 225 | 464 | |||||||||||||||||||
* 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.