Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of Clerkenwell [West Division, Borough of Finsbury] for the year 1900
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Table IV.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.) | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | St. James. | Amwell. | Goswell. | |||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 38 | 9 | 24 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 19 | 9 | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 17 | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 22 | 10 | 3 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 18 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea (See notes) . | 81 | 66 | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 11 | |
| Enteritis. (See notes) | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| Phthisis | 172 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 139 | 4 | 43 | 95 | 41 | 94 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 58 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 13 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 17 | |
| Bronchitis | 186 | 33 | 19 | .. | 1 | 82 | 51 | 46 | 97 | 44 | 70 | |
| Pneumonia | 169 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 19 | 47 | 87 | 33 | 45 | |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 8 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 41 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 23 | 12 | 1 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of parturition | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 125 | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | 72 | 41 | 27 | 71 | 29 | 54 | |
| Accidents | 56 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 28 | |
| Suicides | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Renal Diseases | 23 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
| Nervous and Cerebral Diseases | 44 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | |
| Debility | 83 | 75 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 2 | |
| Senility | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 26 | |
| All other causes | 38 | 5 | .. | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 47 | |
| All causes | 1,403 | 328 | 204 | 49 | 44 | 553 | 225 | 347 | 731 | 325 | 496 | |