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City of London 1904

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904

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( This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

Table: Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1904.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1904.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.deaths in or belonging to local ities (at all AGES).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the district
At all ages.Under 1 year1 and under 5.5 and under 16.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSt. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
I.2.3.4.5.0.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox.................................
2. Measles.................................
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza1............1......1......
6. Whooping Cough22..................2...i
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup1...1...............1...5
8. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever..............................10
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery22...............11...10
12. Epidemic or Zymotio Enteritis..................1.........2
13. Enteritis32...............21...5
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas1...............1...1......
16. Puerperal Fever..............................3
17. Other Septic Diseases1...............11......22
18. Intermittent Fever and Malaria) Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges31...1...1......3...19
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs27...1...32121413...22
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis7......313...52...29
22. Alcoholism..............................1
23. Cancer19............613910...45
24. Premature Birth88...............53...7
25. Developmental Diseases55...............32...19
26. Old Age25............1241213...1
27. Meningitis1.........1.........1...16
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain..............................1
29. Organic Diseases of Heart2............2......2...7
30. Acute Bronchitis1741......7598...10
31. Chronic Bronchitis28.........15221117...14
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia6.........15...24...4
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1346......3...58...47
34. Diseases of Stomach2............11...2...16
35. Obstruction of Intestines3............2112...16
36. Cirrhosis of Liver4............4...22...6
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease8............3535...24
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs.2............2......2...38
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition..............................1
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence172...1572511151
41. Deaths by Suicide2............2......2...8
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes4......1......3...4...7
43. All other Causes924...13473744471225
Total all Causes306‡3497151231181341702662†

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* Residents dying in City Institutions. City address not stated on certificate of death,
† Including 18 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 10.
‡ Including 85 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in the several Registration Districts
to which they belong.