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City of London 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898

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Table: (A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the City of London, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. (A' [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Boabd.]

(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the City of London, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. (A' [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Boabd.]

Names op 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.
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.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Violent Deaths. 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. BOTOLPH78198412917Under 5.................................31............9......122778
5 upwds...................1...........................7131011951
CRIPPLEGATE3145...2119Under 5.................................2...2.........4......1931
5 upwds.......1......1..............................5711622
ST. SEPULCHRE1141475123838Under 5......1........................1...............6...11221114
5 upwds................1.....................1......6281493493
ALLHALLOWS87123243729Under 5...................................................3...391587
5 upwds................1..............................51316162172
BROAD STREET27133...812Under 5....................................1.....................3427
5 upwds.................................................2651923
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
CITY POLICE HOSPITALNil...................Under 5..................................................................Nil.
5 upwds...................................................................
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL6134674577030264Under 5......121.....................2112.........2511551120613
5 upwds.......1......9......1............2......26406966279493
WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD)51.........22Under 5............................................................1...5
5 upwds....................................................3......14
ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL21............1Under 5............................................................112
5 upwds.............................................................11
TOTALS957981007189427172Under 5......131.....................8314.........4712190198957
5 upwds.......2......121...1............3......5111011594370759
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of the mortality of the District.
Deaths occurring outside the Division or District among persons belonging thereto, viz.: Lunatic Asylum, Dartford ; Homerton Workhouse; Bow Infirmary.13243...14183Under 5............................................................77132
5 upwds................1..............................13247...80125
Deaths occurring within the Division or District among persons not belonging thereto.6154774577030265Under 5......121.....................2112.........2511552121615
5 upwds.......1......9......1............2......26406966280494