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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
Local Diseases —continued.
4. Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis21............33
Croup13............44
Emphysema, Asthma.........1...7...8
Bronchitis504411735694225
Pneumonia83067441038105
Pleurisy...1...13116
Other Diseases of Respiratory System............1......1
5. Diseases of Digestive Organt.
Dentition76............1313
Sore Throat, Quinsey........................
Diseases of Stomach2.........62210
Enteritis53......3...811
Obstructive Diseases of Intestines31......33410
Peritonitis...22...4129
Ascites........................
Cirrhosis of Liver............62...8
Jaundice, and other Diseases of Liver1.........1...12
Other Diseases of Digestive System...1............11
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System.
e.g., of Lymphatics and of Spleen........................
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of Uncertain Use.
e.g., Bronchocele, Addison's Disease........................
8. Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis...12162112
Bright's Disease. Albuminuria.........16......7
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate............12...3
Other Diseases of the Urinary System........................