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City of London 1912

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912

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

Table: Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1912.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1912.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to localities (at all Ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the district.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 6.6 and under 16.16 and under 25.25 and under 65.66 and wards.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1 Small-pox.................................
2. Measles11..................1...8
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza.................................
6. Whooping Cough1...1...............1...3
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup..............................8
S. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever..............................2
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery..............................5
12, Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis..............................4
13. Enteritis11..................1...4
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas..............................1
16. Puerperal Fever..............................5
17. Other Septic Diseases1............1......1...20
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges1......1.........1......39
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs20.........1163119120
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis6.........15...33...15
22. Alcoholism2............2...11...3
23. Cancer22............139913...73
24. Premature Birth22...............11...12
25. Developmental Diseases11..................1...13
26. Old Age12...............114811
27. Meningitis..............................13
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain..............................3
29. Organic Diseases of Heart61.........2342...12
30. Acute Bronchitis4......1...1213...8
31. Chronic Bronchitis15............5108718
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia4............2222...5
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia51...1...2123258
34. Diseases of Stomach11..................1...16
35. Obstruction of Intestines..............................12
36. Cirrhosis of Liver4............4...22...9
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease7............6161121
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................2
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition..............................3
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence5...1...121...6...63
41. Deaths by Suicide1............1...1......5
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes2............2......2...5
43. All other Causes542......1331826287216
Total all Causes‡178102349861829613†694

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* Persons dying in City Institutions. Address not stated on certificate of death.
† Including 20 Citizens, distributed in Columns 2 to 10 (18 died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 2 at the
Union Dep&t, Thavies Inn, and 0 at the City Police Hospital, Bishopsgate).
‡ Including 46 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in Columns 2 to 10.