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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TABLE 17. Death-rates from Groups of Diseases per 1,000 individuals.
1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | Mean. 1893 to 1897. | 1898. | |
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I.—Specific Febrile,or Zymotic Diseases | 3.37 | 2.79 | 2.91 | 3.01 | 2.29 | 2.87 | 3.21 |
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 2.41 | 2.21 | 1.89 | 2.24 | 1.29 | 2.00 | 2.27 |
2. Diarrhceal ,, | 0.53 | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 0.60 | 0.72 |
3. Malarial ,, | 0.01 | – | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | 0.00 | 0.00 |
4. Zoogenous ,, | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – | 0.00 | – |
5. Venereal ,, | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
6. Septic ,, | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases | — | 0.04 | 0.04 | – | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
III.—Dietic Diseases | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 3.25 | 3.10 | 2.99 | 2.86 | 2.81 | 3.00 | 3.06 |
V —Developmental Diseases | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.35 | 1.31 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 1.18 |
VI.— Local Diseases | 8.88 | 6.82 | 8.35 | 7.02 | 7.06 | 7.62 | 7.34 |
1. Nervous System | 1.71 | 1.31 | 1.64 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 1.51 | 1.29 |
2. Organs of Special Sense | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | – | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
3. Circulatory System | 0.13 | 1.18 | 1.38 | 1.11 | 1.32 | 1.02 | 1.43 |
4. Respiratory System | 4.10 | 2.60 | 3.65 | 2.47 | 2.51 | 3.06 | 2.74 |
5. Digestive System | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.09 | 1.16 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.18 |
8. Lymphatic System | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – |
7. Gland.like Organs of Uncertain Use | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | – | 0.01 | 0.00 |
8. Urinary System | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.45 |
9. Reproductive System | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.10 |
(a) Organs of Generation | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
(4) Parturition | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
10. Bones and Joints | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
11. Integumentary System | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | – |
VII.—Violence | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.65 | 0.51 |
1. Accident or Negligence | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.40 |
2. Homicide | 0.01 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
3. Suicide | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
4. Execution | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
VIII.—Ill.Depined & not Specified Causes | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.46 |
Total Ueath.rates | 17.87 | 15.06 | 17.09 | 16.34 | 14.33 | 15.94 | 15.89 |
0.00 Indicates a rata under 0.01 per 1,000. — Indicates no deaths.
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