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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
Westminster 1894
Annual report upon the public health & sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1894.
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Institution. No. of Deaths.
Gordon Hospital 1
Children's „ Great Ormonde Street 1
Cancer „ 1
St. Elizabeth Hospital 1
Licensed Victuallers' Asylum 1
Hanwell Asylum 1
Banstead „ 1
Cave Hall „ 1
Darenth ,, 1
Ilford „ 1
Friedenheim ,, 1
St. Peter's House 1
Elsewhere 2
Total 301
Of the 236 deaths occurring ill Westminster Hospital 14
belonged to St. Margaret's Parish, 66 to St. John's, and 156 were
strangers.
Table I., giving the death rates from certain classes of disease
in the districts:—
Whole St.
District. Margaret's. St. Johns.
1. Chief zymotic diseases ... 2.1 1.5 2.4
2. Pulmonary diseases
ing phthisis 7.1 6.9 7.2
Table II.—Comparative table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—
| Years. | 1892. | 1893. | 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (Total) | 1297 | 1290 | 1006 |
| Small Pox | — | — | — |
| Measles | 77 | 5 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 25 | 8 |
| Diphtheria | 44 | 14 | 22 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 15 | 19 |
| Typhus | - | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Simple and Ill-defined Fever | — | 1 | — |
| Diarrhœa | 22 | 43 | 11 |
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age | 233 | 255 | 180 |
| Deaths under one year to every 1,000 Births registered | 169 | 188 | 147 |