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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 1896
Annual report upon the public health & sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1896
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(A2)Table IV.—DEATHS during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. John, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Localities. st. john. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages, | Under 1. | 1—5. | 5—15. | 15—25. | 25—65. | 65 & upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Brouchiltls, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric, or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grosvenor Hospital | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Station Hospital | 9 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| ... | 1 | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Rest of Parish | 373 | 121 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 116 | 62 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 2 | 7 | 82 | 171 | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 30 | 52 | 35 | 4 | 72 | 202 | ||||||||||||
| NetTotal | 642 | 155 | 92 | 27 | 22 | 250 | 96 | Under 5 | ... | 4 | 14 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | 1 | 50 | 5 | 110 | 247 | |||
| ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 80 | 86 | 56 | 14 | 139 | 395 | ||||||||||||
| The subjoined number have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of Mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parishioners dying outsideparish | 260 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 131 | 34 | ... | 4 | 12 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 76 | ||||
| 5 upwds | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 49 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 64 | 184 | |||||||||||
| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||