Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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An analysis of the occupations of the mothers
of the deceased shows that in 47 cases they were
domestic servants of various kinds, in 5 workers in
laundries, in 4 charwomen, in 3 each dressmakers
and “of no occupation,” and in 2 cases no information
was given.
Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
The deaths of Parishioners in institutions, &c.,
beyond the limits of the Parish, numbered 193,
and were from the following:—
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board—70.
Smallpox 2 Measles 2
Scarlet Fever 10 Diphtheria 54
Tubercular disease 1 Bronchitis 1
General Hospitals—38.
Enteric Fever 3 Cancer 10
Phthisis 4 Tubercular disease 3
Violent death 3 Other causes 15
Special Hospitals—18.
Cancer 5 Phthisis 4
Tubercular diseases 1 Other causes 8
“Homes”—15.
Cancer 2 Phthisis 4
Other causes 9
Asylums—40.
Enteric Fever 1 Cancer 1
Phthisis 4 Other causes 34
Poor Law Institutions—6.
“Elsewhere”—6.