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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 1894

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1894

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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 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
V. Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth31...............3131
Atelectasis1...............11
Congenital Malformation4...............44
Old Age...............48...48
36............483684
VI. Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes53......1...89
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis............2032...52
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane.........134...8
Epilepsy......1...9......10
Convulsions232............2525
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)........................
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans......1............2
Other Diseases of Nervous System1...............11
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Diseases of Organs of Special Sense, e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose...12.........13
3. Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis1...............11
Acute Endocarditis........................
Valvular Diseases of Heart...1...254112
Other Diseases of Heart12322815351
Aneurism........................
Embolism, Thrombosis.....................1
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels........................