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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1899

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

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Table: TABLE XI.Copied from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary of Births, Deaths, and Causes of Death in London for the year1899.DIMINUTION OR EXCESS OF DEATHS in 1899,Compared with the Average Annual Deaths in1889-98.

TABLE XI.

Copied from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary of Births, Deaths, and Causes of Death in London for the year1899.

DIMINUTION OR EXCESS OF DEATHS in 1899,

Compared with the Average Annual Deaths in1889-98.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Diminution in 1899.Excess in 1899.
Small-pox42-
Measles697-
Scarlet Fever557-
Typhus5-
Influenza-545
Whooping-cough714-
Diphtheria260-
Simple Fever21-
Enteric Fever-189
Diarrhœal Diseases-1,013
Cancer-565
Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases376-
Premature Birth-143
Diseases of Nervous System1,021-
Diseases of Circulatory System-455
Diseases of Respiratory System663-
Diseases of Urinary System-279
Childbirth and Puerperal Fever83-
Accident-301
Homicide17-
Suicide-34
All other Causes-1,661
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Balance of Diminution or Excess-727

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This Table shows in a summary form the number of lives saved
or the number lost in the year 1899, as compared with the
preceding decennium, under each of the more important headings in
the list of causes.
The net loss of life in the year 1899 amounted to 727; in
other words, had the average death-rate in 1889-98 continued
throughout the year under present notice, 727 lives would have
been saved which, as it is, have been lost by death. In the year
1899 there was, as compared with the decennial average, an excess
of 545 deaths from influenza, 189 from enteric fever, 1,013 from
diarrhœal diseases, 565 from cancer, 143 from premature birth,
455 from diseases of the circulatory system, 279 from diseases of
the urinary system, 301 from accident, and 34 from suicide. The
following diseases accounted for a mortality below the average:—
Diseases of the nervous system by 1,021 deaths, whooping-cough
by 714, measles by 697, diseases of the respiratory system by 663,
and scarlet fever by 557.