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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

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: TABLE III.— continued.

TABLE III.— continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Local, Diseases—continued.
4. Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis...2............22
Croup14............55
Emphysema, Asthma........................
Bronchitis252512587550186
Pneumonia203511391255108
Pleurisy............51...6
Other Diseases of Respiratory System........................
5. Diseases of Digestive Organs.
Dentition23......1...56
Sore Throat, Quinsey........................
Diseases of Stomach22114...410
Enteritis4611112...5761
Obstructive Diseases of Intestines............22...4
Peritonitis...2...21227
Ascites........................
Cirrhosis of Liver............105...15
Jaundice, and other Diseases of Liver............11...2
Other Diseases of Digestive System........................
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System.
e.g., of Lymphatics and of Spleen.......1......1...2
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of Uncertain Use.
e.g., Bronchocele, Addison's Disease........................
8. Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis...112165125
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria............62...8
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate1.........1...12
Other Diseases of the Urinary System.....................