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City of London 1906

[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 1906.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1906.

Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Local- ities ()at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the district.
At all ages.Under I year1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox.................................
2. Measles......2............11...6
3. Scarlet Fever1......1............1......
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza1...............1...1...1
6. Whooping Cough11...............1......4
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup..............................16
8. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever..............................12
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhoea, Dysentery...2...............11...7
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis..............................5
13. Enteritis532............23...8
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas1............1...1.........
16. Puerperal Fever.................................
17. Other Septic Diseases..............................23
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges21......1.........2...25
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs23......1...202617...18
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis33..................3...20
22. Alcoholism1...............1...1...2
23. Cancer22......1...11101111...79
24. Premature Birth22...............2......6
25. Developmental Diseases972............54...19
26. Old Age17...............177101...
27. Meningitis3......1...2......3...20
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain..............................2
29. Organic Diseases of Heart2.........11......2...8
30. Acute Bronchitis10311...3237...7
31. Chronic Bronchitis25......1...321718...8
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia4......1...2122...6
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia832......1244142
34. Diseases of Stomach3.........12...12...14
35. Obstruction of Intestines1............1......1...12
36. Cirrhosis of Liver7............5234...11
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease13............8558...17
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................1
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition..............................1
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence13...23...35310...83
41. Deaths by Suicide7.........16...52...3
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes3.........21...12...3
43. All other Causes885126492549392200
Total all Causes‡27930121212119911201594691†

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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 10 (27 died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital and 6 at
the Union Dep6t, Thavies Inn).
‡ Including 36 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in Columns 1 to 10.