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City of London 1903

[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 1903.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1903.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localiteis 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 wards.St. Botolph.Allhallows.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox..............................
2. Measles2...11.........1...1...4
3. Scarlet Fever....................................
4. Typhus Fever....................................
6. Epidemic Influenza2............2......11......
6. Whooping Cough312............2...1...3
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup1...1..................1...7
8. Croup....................................
9. Enteric Fever2............2...11......6
10. Asiatic Cholera....................................
11. Diarrhoea, Dysentery41.........3...2......27
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis22.....................2......
13. Enteritis11.....................1...6
14. Other Continued Fevers11...............1.........2
15. Erysipelas.................................5
16. Puerperal Fever....................................
17. Other Septic Diseases.................................12
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia.....................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges421......1...2...2...17
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs281......42031147627
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis11...............1.........18
22. Alcoholism1............1.........1...1
23. Cancer11............65423275
24. Premature Birth66...............321...4
25 Developmental Diseases1010...............613...17
26. Old Age27............12613554...
27. Meningitis3...1......111...2...17
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain.................................2
29. Organic Diseases of Heart9.........15363......13
30. Acute Bronchitis841......21413...5
31. Chronic Bronchitis31............11201231159
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia2............2...11......1
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia31.........113.........25
34. Diseases of Stomach3............121...2...9
35. Obstruction of Intestines3............12......2120
36. Cirrhosis of Liver7............6112318
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease9............726...3...30
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs.1............1......1......2
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition21.........1...2.........1
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence113.........446...3165
41. Deaths by Suicide4............311...219
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes21.........1...2.........4
43. All other Causes95322...55334112366217
Total all Causes299†39935138105134409629647

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* Residents dying in City Institutions. City address not stated on certificate of death,
†Including 16 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 11.
‡ncluding 91 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in the several Registration Districts
to which they belong.