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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

St Luke 1893

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1893

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Table: TABLE III.—continued.

TABLE III.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds
V. Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth26...............2626
Atelectasis........................
Congenital Malformation3...............33
Old Age............255...57
29.........2552986
VI. Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes1194......12025
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis...11...2220144
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane............37...10
Epilepsy...1......4217
Convulsions235......1...2829
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)2...............22
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans............55...10
Other Diseases of Nervous System...1............11
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Diseases of Organs of Special Sense, e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose111.........23
3. Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis...1............11
Acute Endocarditis........................
Valvular Diseases of Heart............4......4
Other Diseases of Heart ...41462911555
Aneurism........................
Embolism, Thrombosis........................
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels........................