Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...]
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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-pox | 222 | .. |
Measles | .. | 659 |
Scarlet Fever | 143 | .. |
Typhus | 11 | .. |
Influenza | .. | 34 |
Whooping-cough | 755 | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | 1,146 |
Simple Fever | 36 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 23 | .. |
Diarrhœal Diseases | 1,465 | .. |
Cancer | .. | 312 |
Phthisis and Tubercular Diseases | 1,815 | .. |
Premature Birth | .. | 140 |
Diseases of Nervous System | 1,743 | .. |
Diseases of Circulatory System | 835 | .. |
Diseases of Respiratory System | 4,733 | .. |
Diseases of Urinary System | 168 | .. |
Childbirth and Puerperal Fever | 59 | .. |
Accident | 84 | .. |
Homicide | 16 | .. |
Suicide | .. | 47 |
Ail other Causes | 1,890 | .. |
13,998 | 2,338 | |
Balance of Diminution or Excess | 11,660 | .. |