Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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The following table gives the distribution of the deaths of
parishioners dying in various institutions and elsewhere, all of
which are included in the mortality statistics:—
Institutions. Deaths.
Westminster Hospital 258
Station „ 21
St. George's Infirmary 210
Convent 2
St. George's Hospital 25
Charing Cross „ 3
German „ 1
Brompton ,, 6
St. Thomas's ,, 10
Victoria „ 2
St. Peter's „ 1
South Western Fever Hospital
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Western Fever Hospital 9
North Western „ „ 1
Fountain „ „ 1
St. Bartholomew's „ 2
Chelsea Workhouse 1
St. George's Workhouse 2
Grosvenor Hospital 3
Belgrave „ 5
Herbert ,, 1
St. Mary's ,, 1
Middlesex ,, 1
Institutions. Deaths.
Cancer Hospital 1
Royal Free Hospital 1
Children's Hospital, Great
Ormond.street 1
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 1
47, Albany Street, Begent's
Park 1
Royal Western Ophthalmic
Hospital 1
Hyde Park Barracks 1
Wellington „ 1
Regent's Park „ 1
Friedenheim 1
Hostel of God 1
Dr. Barnardo's Home 1
Asylum—Middlesex 1
,, Leavesden 1
„ Cane Hill 1
„ Caterham 2
„ Colney Hatch 1
„ Hanwell 1
„ Hoxton House 2
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Table I., giving the death-rates from certain classes of disease in the district:—
Years. | Whole District. | St. Margaret's. | St. John's. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1.Chief Zymotic Diseases | 1894 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
1895 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | |
1896 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | |
1897 | 2.1 | 09 | 2.9 | |
1898 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | |
2. Phthisis | 1894 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
1895 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |
1896 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 23 | |
1897 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | |
1898 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | |
1894 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | |
3. Pulmonary Diseases, including Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 1895 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
1896 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | |
1897 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | |
1898 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |