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City of London 1908

[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 1908.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1908.

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 5.6 and under 16.16 and under 26.25 and under 66.65 and upwards.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
1.2.3.4.5.a.7.8.8.10.11.
1. Small-pox.................................
2. Measles211............2......2
3. Scarlet Fever.................................
4. Typhus Fever.................................
5. Epidemic Influenza.8............4435......
<5. Whooping Cough..............................2
7. Diphtheria, Membranous Croup..............................5
8. Croup.................................
9. Enteric Fever..............................7
10. Asiatic Cholera.................................
11. Diarrhoea, Dysentery1...1...............1...16
12. Epidemic or Zymotio Enteritis..............................3
13. Enteritis51.........2223...6
14. Other Continued Fevers.................................
15. Erysipelas1............1......1...3
16. Puerperal Fever..............................1
17. Other Septic Diseases1...............11......7
18. Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia..................................
19. Tuberculosis of Meninges2...11.........11...19
20. Tuberculosis of Lungs24...... ...222...816...29
21. Other Forms of Tuberculosis3...1...11...12...22
22. Alcoholism1............1......1...1
23. Cancer17............125611...79
24. Premature Birth22...............11...10
25. Developmental Diseases66...............24...22
26. Old Age10...............10643...
27. Meningitis..............................12
28. Inflammation and Softening of Brain1...............1...1...4
29. Organic Diseases of Heart5............3223...17
30. Acute Bronchitis1221......4576...7
31. Chronic Bronchitis25............1211114212
32. Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia4............312216
33. Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia822......4...35...49
34. Diseases of Stomach..............................12
35. Obstruction of Intestines4............3113...18
36. Cirrhosis of Liver1............1...1......19
37. Nephritis and Bright's Disease10...1......4546...24
38. Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...............................4
39. Accidents and Dis. of Parturition...............•••............2
40. Deaths by Accident or Negligence93.........2427...84
41. Deaths by Suicide2............2......2...9
42. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes1...............1...1...2
43. All other Causes781......1423432464221
Total all Causes‡24318814115979814510†736

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* Residents dying in City Institutions. City address not stated on certificate of death.
† Including 24 Citizens, distributed in Columns 1 to 10 (22 died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital and 2 at
the Union Depdt, Thavies Inn).
† Including 66 Citizens who died in City Institutions outside, distributed in Columns 1 to 10.