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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.
Local Diseases—continued.
4. Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis............1......1
Croup........................
Emphysema, Asthma............39...12
Bronchitis3927...1464766160
Pneumonia1919...12693876
Pleurisy............2......2
Other Diseases of Respiratory System........................
5. Diseases of Digestive Organs.
Dentition12............33
Sore Throat, Quinsey.1.............1...1
Diseases of Stomach............26...8
Enteritis52......1...78
Obstructive Diseases of Intestines2.........3...25
Peritonitis.....................
Ascites........................
Cirrhosis of Liver............5......5
Jaundice and other Diseases of Liver...............1...1
Other Diseases of Digestive System........................
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System.
e.g., of Lymphatics and of Spleen.........111...3
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of Uncertain Use.
e.g., Bronchocele, Addison's Disease......1...1......2
8. Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis...2......101213
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria............9......9
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate...............2...2
Other Diseases of the Urinary System1...............11