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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: TABLE XI.Copied from the Registrar- General's Annual Summary of Births, Deaths, and Causes of Death in London for the year1900.DIMINUTION OR EXCESS OF DEATHS in 1900,Compared with the Average Annual Deaths in1890-99.

TABLE XI.

Copied from the Registrar- General's Annual Summary of Births, Deaths, and Causes of Death in London for the year1900.

DIMINUTION OR EXCESS OF DEATHS in 1900,

Compared with the Average Annual Deaths in1890-99.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Diminution in 1900.Excess in 1900.
Small-pox41-
Measles886—
Scarlet Fever554—
Typhus4—
Influenza—488
Whooping-cough483-
Diphtheria705—
Simple Fever11—
Enteric Fever—116
Diarrhœal Diseases—136
Cancer-451
Phthisis and Tubercular Diseases888-
Premature Birth24—
Diseases of Nervous System974—
Diseases of Circulatory System78-
Diseases of Respiratory System1,045—
Diseases of Urinary System—181
Childbirth and Puerperal Fever114-
Accident—158
Homicide11—
Suicide12—
All other Causes118—
Net Diminution or Excess4,418—

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This Table shows in a summary form the number of lives saved
or the number lost in the year 1900, as compared with the
preceding decennium, under each of the more important headings in
the list of causes.