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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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TABLE 15. Death-rates from Groups of Diseases per 1,000 individuals.
| 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | Mean. 1892 to 1896. | 1897. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.— Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 3.01 | 3.37 | 2.79 | 2.91 | 3.01 | 3.01 | 2.29 |
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases ,, | 2.24 | 2.41 | 2.21 | 1.89 | 2.24 | 2.19 | 1.29 |
| 2. Diarrhœal ,, | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.87 |
| 3. Malarial ,, | — | 0.01 | __ | * | * | 0.02 | — |
| 4. Zoogenous ,, | — | * | * | * | __ | — | |
| 5. Venereal ,, | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.03 |
| 6. Septic „ | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
| II.— Parasitic Diseases | 0.01 | — | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | 0.01 | * |
| III.— Dietic Diseases | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.12 |
| IV.— Constitutional Diseases | 3.27 | 3.25 | 3.10 | 2.99 | 2.86 | 3.09 | 2.81 |
| V— Developmental Diseases | 1.18 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.35 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 1.14 |
| VI.— Local Diseases | 8.92 | 8.88 | 6.82 | 8.35 | 7.02 | 7.99 | 7.06 |
| 1. Nervous System | 1.41 | 1.71 | 1.31 | 1.64 | 1.54 | 1.52 | 1.37 |
| 2. Organs of Special Sense | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | * | __ | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| 3. Circulatory System | 1.43 | 0.13 | 1.18 | 1.38 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.32 |
| 4. Res-piratory System | 4.10 | 4.10 | 2.60 | 3.65 | 2.47 | 3.38 | 2.51 |
| 5. Digestive System | 1.16 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.09 | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.11 |
| 6. Lymphatic System | * | * | * | 0.01 | 0.02 | * | • |
| 7. Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| 8. Urinary System | 0.46 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.51 |
| 9. Reproductive System | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| (a) Organs of Generation | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| (A) Parturition | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| 10. Bones and Joints | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| 11. Integumentary System | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| VII.— Violence | 0.56 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.67 | 0.45 |
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.37 |
| 2. Homicide | 0.04 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| 3. Suicide | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| 4. Execution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VIII.— Ill-Defined & not Specified Causes | 0.68 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.42 |
| Total Death-rates | 17.68 | 17.87 | 15.06 | 17.09 | 15.34 | 17.40 | 14.33 |
* Indicates a rate of less than 0 01 per 1,000. — Indicates no deaths recorded.