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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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TABLE IV. —Continued.
| 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. | ||
| Phthisis | 127 | ... | 2 | 3 | 13 | 106 | 3 | 97 | ... | 7 | 104 |
| Other tubercular diseases | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 14 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 30 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| Bronchitis | 166 | 26 | 20 | 1 | ... | 62 | 57 | 120 | 30 | 16 | 91 |
| Pneumonia | 103 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 77 | 14 | 12 | 52 |
| Pleurisy | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Alcoholism ) Cirrhosis of liver ) | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 4 | 20 | 2 | ... | 8 |
| Venereal diseases | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Premature birth | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Heart diseases | 76 | 4 | ... | 3 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 58 | 13 | 5 | 55 |
| Accidents | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 11 | ... | 14 |
| Suicides | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| All other causes | 273 | 66 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 76 | 91 | 212 | 44 | 17 | 150 |
| All causes | 1075 | 246 | 147 | 27 | 34 | 384 | 237 | 818 | 179 | 78 | 586 |