London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1894

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894

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TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1894, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (all ages).Total Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases2862.35156.19
2. Pulmonary Disease3162.60172.58
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1831.5099.94
Division II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under One Year.
4. Wasting Diseases10436.69270.12
5. Convulsive Diseases4214.84109.09

NOTICE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhcea. 72 of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond the
limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
ture Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.