Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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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. |
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1. Principal Zymotic ) Diseases | 315 | 2.46 | 1551 |
2. Pulmonary Diseases | 350 | 2.74 | 1724 |
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases | 211 | 1.65 | 103 9 |
Division 11. (Infants under One Year). | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Births. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under One Year. |
4. Wasting Diseases | 114 | 38 4 | 239.0 |
5. Convulsive Diseases | 38 | 128 | 79.6 |
NOTICE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhœa. 14 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