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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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(A2) Table IV.—DEATHS during the year 1897, 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. | 1 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | i y | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ] 5 | 16 | 17 | is | 19 | 21) | 21 | 22 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric (or Typhoid). | Fevers. | i Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Continued. | Relapsing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grosvenor Hospital | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station Hospital | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rest of Parish | 415 | 131 | 63 | 10 | 14 | 140 | 57 | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 94 | 194 | |||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 94 | 221 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net Total | 671 | 161 | 88 | 26 | 30 | 268 | 98 | Under 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 118 | 225 | |||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 93 | 88 | 46 | 25 | 172 | 446 | |||||||||||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of Mortality.
| Parishioners dying outside parish | 242 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 120 | 41 | Under 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | 14 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 74 | 187 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strangers dying in parish. | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds |