Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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TABLE IV. TABLE IV. St. Luke, Middlesex, District.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during Year 1900.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | City Road Sub-registration District. | Whitecross Street Sub-registration District. | Finsbury Sub-registration District. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 26 | 7 | 18 | l | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Whooping-cough | 33 | 12 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | l | ... | ... | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | l | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 22 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 13 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea | 48 | 35 | 10 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 38 | 6 | 4 | 8 | |
| Enteritis | 31 | 24 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | ... | 5 | |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Other septic diseases | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 6 | |