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Plumstead 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1899
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(A) TABLE III.
Table of DEATHS during the year 1899, in the Parish of Plumstead, London District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names or Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shewn as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all Ages | Under 1 year | 1 & under 5 | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 65 | 65 A upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Small Pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Meuibranous Croup | FEVERS. | Cholera | Erysipelas | Measles | Whooping Cough | Diarrhoea & Dysentery | Rheumatic Fever | Phthisis | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy | Heart Disease | Cancer | Injuries | All other Diseases | Total | |||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WEST PLUMSTEAD | 214 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 78 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 56 | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 121 | 251 | |||||||||||||||||||
| EAST PLUMSTEAD | 540 | 196 | 55 | 21 | 18 | 166 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 64 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 88 | 289 | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INFIRMARY & WORKHOUSE | 247 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 141 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | i | 1 | 3 | 65 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 89 | 239 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 79 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 161 | 318 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1001 | 246 | 72 | 33 | 32 | 385 | 233 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 129 | 123 | 95 | 62 | 20 | 233 | 683 | |||||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district | 78 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| among persons belonging thereto. | 5 upwds. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district | 163 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 101 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| among persons not belonging thereto | 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 158 | |||||||||||||||||||