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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

St Luke 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]

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Table: TABLE III.— continued.

TABLE III.— continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 6565 and upwards.
V. Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth27...............2727
Atelectasis1...............11
Congenital Malformation4...............44
Old Age...............41...41
32............413273
VI. Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes261...2...811
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis...3...11814336
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane...............2...2
Epilepsy......3111...6
Convulsions196............2525
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)........................
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans...2......5...27
Other Diseases of Nervous System...1......2...13
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Diseases of Organs of Special Sense, e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose........................
3. Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis........................
Acute Endocarditis............1......1
Valvular Diseases of Heart......1133...8
Other Diseases of Heart3...224110358
Aneurism............4......4
Embolism, Thrombosis............11...2
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels............11...2