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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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Table I., giving the death-rates from certain classes of disease in the district:—
| Years. | Whole District. | St. Margaret's. | St. John's. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Chief Zymotic diseases | 1894 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 1895 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | |
| 1896 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | |
| 1897 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | |
| 1898 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | |
| 1899 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | |
| 2. Phthisis | 1894 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1895 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |
| 1896 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | |
| 1897 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | |
| 1898 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | |
| 1899 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 3.8 | |
| 3. Pulmonary diseases, including Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 1894 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 1895 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | |
| 1896 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | |
| 1897 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | |
| 1898 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | |
| 1899 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
The following table gives the distribution of the deaths of parishioners dying in various institutions and elsewhere, all of which are included in the mortality statistics:—
| Westminster Hospital | 195 | Asylum—Central London Sick | 1 |
| Station ,, | 19 | ||
| St. George's Infirmary | 300 | Asylum—Bethnal | 1 |
| Convent | 1 | H.M. Prison, Wormwood Scrubbs | 1 |
| St. George's Hospital | 24 | ||
| Charing Cross „ | 4 | Hospital for Women, Soho | 1 |
| Brompton ,, | 6 | Seymour - street Somers- | |
| St. Thomas's „ | 9 | town | 1 |
| South-Western Fever Hospital | 1 | Welbeck-street | 1 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 1 | ||
| Western Fever Hospital | 9 | Children's Hospital, Pad-dington | 1 |
| North-Western „ „ | 1 | ||
| Grove „ „ | 2 | All Saints' Home, Mar | |
| St. Bartholomew's „ | 1 | garet-street | 1 |
| Chelsea Workhouse | 2 | General Lying-in Hospital | 1 |
| St. George's Workhouse | 4 | Wellington Barracks | 1 |
| Grosvenor Hospital | 1 | St. George's Home | 1 |
| Belgrave ,, | 7 | Guy's Hospital | 1 |
| Middlesex | 1 | British Lying-in Hospital | 1 |
| Friedenheim | 1 | University College Hospital | 1 |
| Hostel of God | 3 | Sydenham Hill | 1 |
| Asylum—Caterham | 4 | London Temperance Hospital | 1 |
| „ Colney Hatch | 1 | ||
| „ Hanwell | 3 | River Thames | 3 |
| „ Hoxton House | 1 | Elsewhere | 5 |
| ,, Cleveland-street | 1 |