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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
Westminster 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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(A1) Table III.—DEATHS during the year 1897 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of S t. M argaret, Westminster; classified according
to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Locality.ST. MARGARET. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages | Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguising Deaths of children under five | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 & Ages Upwards | Ages | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||
| Smallpox | Scarlatina | Diptheria | Mebranous group | Fevers | Colera | Erysipeals | Measles | Whooping Cough | Diarrœa and Dysentry | RheumaticFever | Ague | Phtbisis | Bronchitis Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Diease | Injuries | All Other Diease | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Westminster Hospital | 226 | 38 | 33 | 24 | 16 | 104 | 11 | 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 79 | 155 |
| Convent | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Rest of Parish | 188 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 84 | 46 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 49 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 61 | 139 | ||||||||
| Net Total | 334 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 153 | 104 | Under 5 | ... | l | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 63 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | l | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45 | 58 | 30 | 18 | 114 | 271 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of Mortality.
| Parishioners dying outside parish | 141 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 58 | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strangers dying in parish | 225 | 38 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 104 | 11 | Under 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 79 | 155 |