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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: TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1897, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1897, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (all ages).Total Deaths registered.Deaths per 1,000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic ) Diseases2742.17151.3
2. Pulmonary Diseases3182.51175.6
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1721.3695.0
Division II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under One Year.
4. Wasting Diseases11136.8247.7
5 Convulsive Diseases7223.9160.7

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NOTICE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhoea. 55 of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond the
limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes Mesenterica.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
ture Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.