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City of London 1905

[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 1905.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.

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
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSt. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox..............................
2. Measles11...............1.........
3. Scarlet Fever..............................1
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza41.........1222...1
6. Whooping Cough211............11......
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup1......1............1...7
8. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever..............................1
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery21.........1......2...7
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis11..................1...10
13. Enteritis33...............21...3
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas1...............11......1
16. Puerperal Fever.................................
17. Other Septic Diseases..............................14
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges11..................1...25
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs20.........1181911...25
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis41.........3...13...33
22. Alcoholism4............3113...1
23. Cancer19............910711167
24. Premature Birth88...............44...6
25. Developmental Diseases99...............45...16
26. Old Age23............122815...2
27. Meningitis311...1.........3...11
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain3............2112...2
29. Organic Diseases of Heart4......1...2131...4
30. Acute Bronchitis19511...75711111
31. Chronic Bronohitis23............1112914...19
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia21.........1...11...6
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1322...18...211...49
34. Diseases of Stomach2...............2...2...13
35. Obstruction of Intestines2............11...2...17
36. Cirrhosis of Liver7............6143...10
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease5............32...5...20
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................3
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition1............1...1......1
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence132...115457181
41. Deaths by Suicide..............................7
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes3............21...3...5
43. All other Causes110433652424162...222
Total all Causes‡31342871013710911518810701†

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* Residents dying in City Institutions. City address not stated on certificate of death.
† Including 26 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 10 (19 died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 4 at the
Union Depdt, Thavies Inn, and 3 in the City Police Hospital).
‡ Including 92 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in Columns 1 to 10.