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St Luke 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]

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Table: No. II.Table of Deaths , during the Year 1898, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District;Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

No. II.

Table of Deaths , during the Year 1898, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District;

Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (a)mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)mortality from subjoined causes. distinguishing deaths of children under Five Years of Age.
At all Ages. (b)Under 1 Year. (c)1 and under 5. (d)5 and under 15 (e)15 and under25 (f)25 and under 65 (g)65 and upward (h)123456789101112131415161718192021
Small.Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup|Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhiœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart DiseaseInfluenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
City Road Sub.Registration Distric4981969610811672Under 5...12........................251836...352......15140242
5 upwds......1......1..................13...29462071088216
Whitecross Street Sub. Registration District923417222512Under 5......21.....................537......11...112051
5 upwds.................................11......684131745
Finsbury Sub.Registration District4514222169Under 5.......................................1......8.........7/16
5 upwds.............................................64613929
St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics14...• • •...185Under 5...............................................................14
5 upwds................................................5............
City of London Lying.in Hospital1615.........1...Under 5................................................1......11315
5 upwds............................................................11
Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest1971...520674Under 5................................................1............1
5 upwds....................................1......5510.........1296
St. Mark's Hospital for Fistula, &c.3............12Under 5...............................................................
5 upwds............................................................35
Totals76526011519332341041Under 5...141.....................302144...373...117180395
5 upwds......1......1...............133...967348916139390

Table: The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto14123165182018890Under 5...1115........................6...6...218......63296
5 upwds...51......1......2...1......32577416...23131316
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto11241205207611Under 5................................................1......11012
5 upwds....................................1......521318...325112