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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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(A1) Table III—DEATHS during the year 1899 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Margaret, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Localities. st. margaret. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes. distinguishing deaths of children under five. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all Ages. | Under 1 | 1—5. | 5—15. | 15-25. | 25—65. | 65 & upwards. | Ages. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Fevers | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||
| Enteric (or Typhoid.) | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster Hospital | 195 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 111 | 11 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | ... | 3 | 19 | 47 |
| ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 84 | 148 | |||||||||
| Convent | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Rest of Parish | 184 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 48 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 32 | 48 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 60 | 136 | ||||||||
| Net Total | 367 | 39 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 160 | 122 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 43 | 66 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 39 | 66 | 44 | 7 | 140 | 301 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of Mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parishioners dying outside parish | 171 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 74 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | 16 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | I 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 72 | 155 | ||||||||
| Strangers dying in parish | 184 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 101 | 11 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | ... | 3 | 18 | 46 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 76 | 138 | ||||||||