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Plumstead 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Plumstead]
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(A) TABLE III.
Table of DEATHS during t`he Year 1895, in Plumstead Parish, classified according to D iseases , A ges , and Localities
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (a) | Mortality From all causes, at subjoined ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguising Deaths of Children under five years of age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 & under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 & upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing.l | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa & Ovsenterv. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | Ail Other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||
| WEST PLUMSTEAD | 194 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 53 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 62 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 132 | ||||||||
| EAST PLUMSTEAD (Workhouse excluded) | 557 | 200 | 103 | 22 | 17 | 136 | 79 | Under 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 09 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 303 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 107 | 254 | ||||||||
| WORKHOUSE & INFIRMARY | 199 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 107 | 75 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 70 | 191 | ||||||||
| totals | 950 | 249 | 124 | 28 | 31 | 311 | 207 | Under 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 2 | 12 | 186 | 373 |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 121 | 104 | 61 | 17 | 239 | 577 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 98 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 4 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 01 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 73 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 43 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 upwds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 113 | ||||||||