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City of London 1902

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

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Table: (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all AgesTotal 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 upwardsSt. Botolph.Allhallows.St. Sepulchre.*
12.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox....................................
2. Measles1028............325...1
3. Scarlet Fever.................................1
4. Typhus Fever.................................2
5. Epidemic Influenza6............4211311
6. Whooping Cough22...............1...1......
7. Diphtderia, Membranous Croup3...12.........2...1...9
8. Croup....................................
9. Enteric Fever1............1.........1...9
10. Asiatic Cholera....................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery21.........1...1...1...10
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis....................................
13. Enteritis41.........212...2...4
14. Other Continued Fevers1...............1...1.........
15. Erysipelas2............1111......3
16. Puerperal Fever.................................5
17. Other Septic Diseases3.........2...1...12...20
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia.....................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges4...31.........2...2...21
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs38...2...630...15813220
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis42...1...1...3...1...19
22. Alcoholism2............112.........1
23. Cancer32...1...1141614216...79
24. Premature Birtd88...............323...2
25. Developmental Diseases1082............712...8
26. Old Age *37...............372051021
27. Meningitis1...1..................1...9
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain3............3...11...11
29. Organic Diseases of Heart5.........122121110
30. Acute Bronchitis115.........24623...3
31. Chronic Bronchitis46............113522519...5
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia1............1......1......3
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1947......35757...30
34. Diseases of Stomach5.........122122...12
35. Obstruction of Intestines3...............32...1...24
36. Cirrhosis of Liver5............5...12119
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease13.........193722223
38. Tumours and Otder Affections of Female Genital Organs..................................5
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition.................................1
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence234...12124698...79
41. Deaths by Suicide12.........210...282...11
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes.................................2
43. All other Causes120532655495627325200
Total all Causes436‡42287221701671899014215643†

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* Residents dying in City Institutions. City address not stated on certificate of death.
† Including 33 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 11.
‡ Including 136 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in the several Registration Districts
to which they belong.