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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
Strand (Westminster) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]
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50 ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON. 51
TABLE XVII.
SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE STRAND DISTRICT IN 1898.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths | AGE AT TIME OF DEATH. | REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and up. | St. Anne. | Strand. | ||||||||||||||||
| M ales | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. MIASMATIC— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Influenza | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2. Diarrhceal Diseases | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| 3. Malarial „ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Phthisis „ | 81 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 22 | 8 | 32 | 19 | 54 | 27 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| 6. Venereal „ | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. Septic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| II. PARASITIC DISEASES | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| III.—DIETIC DISEASES (Alcoholic) | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | l | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 1V.—CONSTITUTIONA L DISEASES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malignant Disease | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | l | 3 | – | – | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| Acute Rheumatism | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Rheumatism and Gout | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | l | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| V.—LOCAL DISEASES— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Convulsions and Dentition | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Other Diseases of Nervous System | 32 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| 2. Diseases of Circulatory System | 56 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 31 |
| 3. Diseases of Respiratory System | 114 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 39 | 53 | 61 |
| 4. Diseases of Digestive System | 34 | 1 | 3 | — | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 |
| 5. Diseases of Urinary System | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| 6. Diseases of Reproductive System | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| 7. Diseases of Bones and Joints | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8. Diseases of Integumentary System | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10. Diseases of Gland like Organs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11. Diseases of Lymphatic System | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debility at Birth | 18 | 10 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| Old Age | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| VII.—ACCIDENT AND VIOLENCE | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| VIII.—ILL-DEFINED (Marasmus) | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 523 | 39 | 47 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 43 | 30 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 22 | 40 | 23 | 25 | 118 | 87 | 149 | 169 | 267 | 251 |