Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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DEATHS AT ALL AGES.
TABLE V.
Deaths at All Ages, Distributed according to Wards and Sexes. 1901.
Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for Residents without the Borough.
Causes of Death. | Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | West-bourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate (West). | Lancaster Gate (East). | Hyde Park. | ||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 |
Whooping-cough | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | l | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other Continued Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ] | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of Meninges | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
Tuberculosis of Lungs | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Cancer | 5 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | .. | 4 | 13 |
Premature Birth | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 |
Developmental Diseases | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Old Age | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | ] | ||||||
Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Organic Diseases of Heart | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Acute Bronchitis | l | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Chronic Bronchitis | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 8 | 5 |
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Diseases of Stomach | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Obstruction of Intestines | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Nephritis and Blight's Disease | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
Deaths by Suicide | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Deaths from Ill-defined Causes | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Apoplexy | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
" Heart Disease " | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 5 |
Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Pneumonia .. .. | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
All Other Causes | 11 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 7 |
All Causes | 133 | 124 | 211 | 187 | 109 | 146 | 153 | 201 | 252 | 232 | 26 | 51 | 30 | 31 | 79 | 89 |
Populations, 1901 | 17,152 | 27,745 | 18,763 | 23,819 | 26,335 | 8,473 | 7,952 | 13,949 |