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 1895
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TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1895, 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. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population, at all ages. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages. |
---|---|---|---|
1. Principal Zymotic ) Diseases | 207 | 1.68 | 98.61 |
2. Pulmonary Diseases | 449 | 3.65 | 218.67 |
3. Principal Tubercular) Diseases | 231 | 1.88 | 110.05 |
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 Diseases | 123 | 41.29 | 251.02 |
5. Convulsive Diseases | 50 | 16.78 | 102.04 |
NOTICE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhoea. 36 of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond the
limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tubercular Meningitis, Tuberculosis, Rickets,
and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and Prema
ture Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.