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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 to25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Local Diseases—continued.
4. Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis........................
Croup........................
Emphysema, Asthma............11...2
Bronchitis5425...1454479169
Pneumonia1622422283874
Pleurisy........................
Other Diseases of Respiratory System........................
5. Diseases of Digestive Organs.
Dentition21............33
Sore Throat, Quinsey........................
Diseases of Stomach......1...43...8
Enteritis134......111719
Obstructive Diseases of Intestines.........143...8
Peritonitis1...1...1...13
Ascites........................
Cirrhosis of Liver............5......5
Jaundice, and other Diseases of Liver.........21......3
Other Diseases of Digestive System2............123
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System.
e.g., of Lymphatics and of Spleen.........1.........1
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of Uncertain Use.
e.g., Bronchocele, Addison's Disease............1......1
8. Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis...1......4116
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria......1...53...9
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate...............4...4
Other Diseases of the Urinary System............2......2