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Westminster 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]

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Table: (A2) TABLE —DEATHS during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. John, Westminster, classified according toDiseases, Ages, and Localities.

(A2) TABLE —DEATHS during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. John, Westminster, classified according to

Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Localities. ST. JOHN.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages.Under 1.1—5.5—15.15—25.25—65.65 & upwards.1234567810111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
Grosvenor Hospital3............3...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds............................................................33
Station Hospital21.........129...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...............8..............................271...321
Rest of Parish4361228391613868Under 5......3........................332616......3361681205
5 upwds...............1............211.........444344689231
Net Total7201591171938287100Under 5...211........................362720......35427114276
5 upwds...41......10......1...3111......85816416176444
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of Mortality.
Parishioners dying outside parish2603734101013732Under 5...28........................314.........18113371
5upwds...41......l......1...1......1......3931191081189
Strangers dying in parish......................Under 5......1.........................................................
5 upwds.....................................................................