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St Luke 1899

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1899

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Table: No. II.Table of Deaths, during the Year 1899, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District;Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

No. II.

Table of Deaths, during the Year 1899, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District;

Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities Adopted for the purpose of these Statistics: Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.mortality from subjoined causes. distinguishing deaths of children under five years of age.
At all Ages.Under 1 Year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upward12345678910111213141516171819202122
Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Cropfevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart DiseaseInfluenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
City Road Sub-Registration District50119978101214755Under 5...133.....................14924...5641613134277
5 upwds...1.........l.....................1241662910469224
Whitecross Street Sub-Registration District1153320224117Under 5.................................824...313......12253
5 upwds.......................................2...61882...2662
Finsbury Sub-Registration District3210411106Under 5....................................13......3.........714
5 upwds.............................................44112618
City of London Lying-in Hospital1817.........1...Under 5............................................................1717
5 upwds.............................................1...............1
Royal Hospital for Diseases of the ChestJ99...471969...Under 5.............................................12.........14
5 upwds.............................................53420...11795
Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital1...............1Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds................................................1............1
St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics9............72Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds................................................11......79
St. Mark's Hospital for Fistula, &c.2............11Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds............................................................22
Totals777259106203427682Under 5...133.....................221231...9821614181365
5 upwds...1.........1.....................321059459137127412
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto49531581920213154Under 5...55........................3171241...53789
5 upwds...............4............1......6...7898401120148406
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto...121152817754Under 5.............................................12.........1417
5 upwds..........................................148621...127104