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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Luke 1898

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

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Table: TABLE III.— continued.

TABLE III.— continued.

causes of death.ages.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
V. Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth22...............2222
Atelectasis3...............33
Congenital Malformation1...............11
Old Age...............38...38
26............382664
VI. Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes57...14...1217
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis............2025...45
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane............72...9
Epilepsy......1...21...4
Convulsions122............1414
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)2...............22
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans........................
Other Diseases of Nervous System.........1.........1
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Diseases of Organs of Special Sense, e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose...1...1......12
3. Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis........................
Acute Endocarditis.........11......2
Valvular Diseases of Heart......1...51...7
Other Diseases of Heart.........32513...41
Aneurism............2......2
Embolism, Thrombosis.....................
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels............1......1