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City of London 1909

Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909

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Table: (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1909.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1909.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all a.ges).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in tub district.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 6.5 and under 16.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and wards.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11
1. Small-pox.................................
2. Measles......2...............2...5
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza2...............22.........
6. Whooping Cough431............13...9
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup11..................1...19
8. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever1............1...1......9
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhoea, Dysentery..............................11
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis...........................-
13. Enteritis82............13......9
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas..............................2
16. Puerperal Fever1............1...1......4
17. Other Septic Diseases...........................22
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges422............13...19
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs25......12202718...21
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis6......113...23129
22. Alcoholism2............211...2
23. Cancer20............119713...68
24. Premature Births44...............31...6
25. Developmental Diseases66...............24...14
26. Old Age29...............29111852
27. Meningitis..............................9
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain..............................2
29. Organic Diseases of Heart5............2314...12
30. Acute Bronchitis912......1563...8
31. Chronic Bronchitis29...1......14141118...12
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia5.........22132...8
38. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1315......5249152
34. Diseases of Stomach511......1214...21
35. Obstruction of Intestines4............1313...20
36. Cirrhosis of Liver4.........3131...6
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease8............5344...27
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................2
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition..............................2
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence123.........8148...81
41. Deaths by Suicide3............3...12...9
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes..............................4
43. All other Causes86111147353452...231
Total all Causes‡2922614361301131151777‡756

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* Persons dying in City Institutions. Address not stated on certificate of death.
† Including 31 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 10 (25 died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital and 6 at
the Union Depot, Thavies Inn).
‡ Including 105 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in Columns 1 to 10.