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City of London 1907

[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 1907.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1907.

Deaths in or belonoing 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 lyear1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 an( under 65.65 and wardsSt. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
1. Small-pox.................................
2. Measles1...1............1...2
3. Scarlet Fever..............................1
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza1...............11.........
6. Whooping Cough431............22...7
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup2...2...............2...12
8. Croup...............................1
9. Enteric Fever1............1......1...4
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhœa, Dysentery11...............1......6
12. Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis...........................1
13. Enteritis...........................6
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas1............1......1...3
16. Puerperal Fever..............................1
17. Other Septic Diseases3.........21......3...18
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges3...21.........21...21
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs31.........12371813113
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis..............................26
22. Alcoholism1............1......1...1
23. Cancer20............146713172
24. Prematura Birth11...............1......8
26. Developmental Diseases99...............8......18
26. Old Age20...............208121...
27. Meningitis1............1...1......13
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain1...............1...1......
29. Organic Diseases of Heart5...1......1323...15
30. Acute Bronchitis62.........1333...4
31. Chronic Bronchitis37............10271720214
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia6............3324110
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1133......3265272
34. Diseases of Stomach51.........3123...11
35. Obstruction of Intestines1...............1...1...13
36. Cirrhosis of Liver2............2...11...9
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease6............5115...29
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................11
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition..............................1
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence61.........5...15183
41. Deaths by Suicide2.........11......2...6
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes2............2...2......2
43. All other Causes683...1...372727413201
Total all Causes‡25824102411510311314512†715

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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 (23 died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital and 0 at
the Union Depdt, Thavies lnn).
‡ Including 97 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in Columns 1 to 10.