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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

Newington 1894

[Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...]

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Table: TABLE 5.(Drawn up by the Hegistrar-General.)London.—Diminution on Excess of Deaths in 1894, compared with THE average annual deaths in 188 1-93, Corrected for Increase ofPopulation.

TABLE 5.

(Drawn up by the Hegistrar-General.)

London.—Diminution on Excess of Deaths in 1894, compared with THE average annual deaths in 188 1-93, Corrected for Increase of

Population.

Cause of Death.Diminution in 1894.Excess in 1894.
Small-pox222..
Measles..659
Scarlet Fever143..
Typhus11..
Influenza..34
Whooping-cough755..
Diphtheria..1,146
Simple Fever36..
Enteric Fever23..
Diarrhœal Diseases1,465..
Cancer..312
Phthisis and Tubercular Diseases1,815..
Premature Birth..140
Diseases of Nervous System1,743..
Diseases of Circulatory System835..
Diseases of Respiratory System4,733..
Diseases of Urinary System168..
Childbirth and Puerperal Fever59..
Accident84..
Homicide16..
Suicide..47
Ail other Causes1,890..
13,9982,338
Balance of Diminution or Excess11,660..