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St Luke 1895

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

Published
1896
Pages
46
Tables
16

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    CENSUS, 1896. Since my Annual Report has been in print I have received a return of the recent Census enumeration, which shows the population of the Parish of St. Luke to be 41,527, and a decrease upon the Census of 1891 of 913. For the several districts the figures are as follows:—
    1896.1891.
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    The statistics of Marriages, Births, and Deaths contained herein are calculated upon a population, estimated to the middle of the year, at 43,175, and divided between the three Sub-registration Districts as follows:—
    Estimated population at Midsummer, 1895.Corrected Census Return, 1891.
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    In relation to the estimated population the figures stand as under:—
    Births per 1000 Inhabitants.
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    The number of Births belonging to the Parish tor the past five years and rate per 1,000 of the population.
    Births.Rate per 1000.
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    Of the 1216 parishioners, 637 were males and 579 were females, and yield upon the estimated population a death-rate equal to 28.16 per 1000 persons living, being an increase upon our last year's death-rate of 6.2 per 1000, as shown by the following figures:—
    Deaths.Rate per 1000.
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    TABLE I. TABLE I. Table of Population, Births, and of new cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Casks ok Sickness in knowledge of theeach Locality, coming to the Medical Officer of HealthNumber of such Cases Removal from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Census 1891.Estimated to middle of. 1895.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFeversFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.PuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(C)(d)(e)
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    TABLE II. TABLE II. Table or Deaths , during the Year 1895, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District; Classified according to Diseases, A ges and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Fives Years of Age.
    At ail Ages.Under 1 Year.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 .and under 2525 and under 6565 and upward.12345678910111213141516171819208122
    Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(C)(d)(e)(f)(g)( h)(i)
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    TABLE III. Deaths registered from all Causes, inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District, but exclusive of the Deaths of non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish.
    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 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Agea.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 16.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    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 IS.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    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 65.65 and upwards.
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    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 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Agea.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    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 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE IV. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered between July 1st, 1894, and June 30th, 1895, in the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex.
    REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS.Registered.Vaccinated.Certified as Insusceptible.Had Small-Pox.Died un-Vaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized.Removal to Places Unknown and Cases not yet Found.Outstanding Cases.
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    The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Act during the 52 weeks ended December 28th, 1895, and indicates also where the same received treatment :—
    Total Number of Certificates from each cause.Treated at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital.Treated at General Hospital and Infirmaries.Treated at their own Homes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.