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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 1896

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1896

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Table: TABLE III.— continued.

TABLE III.— continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGESTotal under 5 years 0 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........................
Croup121.........34
Emphysema Asthma............16...7
Bronchitis2724564451151
Pneumonia1924111544364
Pleurisy.........213
Other Diseases of Respiratory System2.........2...24
5. Diseases of Digestive Organs.........................
Dentition54.........99
Sore Throat, Quinsey........................
Diseases of Stomach............1......1
Enteritis2442...212833
Obstructive Diseases of Intestines.........1...3...4
Peritonitis1112116
Ascites........................
Cirrhosis of Liver............4......4
Jaundice, and other Diseases of Liver3.........3238
Other Diseases of Digestive System1...1.........12
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...3......72312
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria............62...8
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate............13...4
Other Diseases of the Urinary System........................