London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Westminster 1899
Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1899.
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| 1898. (Age.) | Tubercular Diseases. | Meningitis. | Peritonitis. | Bones. | Totals. | Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever (Notifiable). | Measles and Whooping Cough (Non-Notifl-able). | Totals. | Deaths from all causes. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lungs. | General. | Tabes Mesenterica. | |||||||||
| Under 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 80 | 99 | — |
| 5 & under15 | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — |
| 15 to 15 | 120 | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 130 | 12 | - | 12 | — |
| Totals | 123 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 183 | 36 | 85 | 121 | 1,093 |
| Total Death Rates | 3.2 per 1,000 of the population. | 2.1 per 1,000 of the population. | 19.7 per 1,000 of the population. | ||||||||