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City of London 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

Table: Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to localities at all ages.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.St. Botolph.Allhallows.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox....................................
2. Measles1......1............1.........
3. Scarlet Fever....................................
4. Typhus Fever....................................
5 Epidemic Influenza2............2......2.........
6. Whooping Cough2...11.........1...1......
7. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup4121.........211...16
8. Croup....................................
9. Enteric Fever1............1.........1...9
10. Asiatic Cholera....................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery63.........21411...10
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis....................................
13. Enteritis621......1231114
14. Other Continued Fevers....................................
15. Erysipelas.................................2
16. Puerperal Fever1............1...1.........2
17. Other Septic Diseases.................................14
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia.....................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges541...............14...18
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs43...1...634218815221
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis422............112...18
22. Alcoholism3.........11...21......2
23. Cancer25............12138312275
24. Premature Birth1010...............613...1
25. Developmental Diseases17134............1052...9
26. Old Age30............129921631
27. Meningitis1...1............1.........12
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain.................................2
29. Organic Diseases of Heart16...1...285852112
30. Acute Bronchitis2041......114839...6
31. Chronic Bronchitis27............6211031224
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia1............1......1......2
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia2310511335710134
34. Diseases of Stomach3.........12...111...11
35. Obstruction of Intestines4............4.........3119
36. Cirrhosis of Liver11............11...42417
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease14.........1103652120
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs..................................2
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition....................................
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence224...2214...6124...88
41. Deaths by Suicide12.........183345...9
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes2...............2...11...3
43. All other Causes1407226754850344511211
Total all Causes456602282120913616710615726644†

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* Residents dying in City Institutions. City address not stated on certificate of death,
† Including 11 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 11.