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St Luke 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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Deaths.
The deaths from all causes registered during the year,
belonging to St. Luke, numbered 1216, and includes 401
parishioners who died in Institutions outside the Parish, but is
exclusive of 93 non-parishioners who died within our parochial boundary.
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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 1074 | 25.57 |
| 1893 | 1277 | 29.84 |
| 1894 | 951 | 22.14 |
| 1895 | 1216 | 28.16 |
The Metropolitan death-rate tor the year was equal to 19.8
per 1000 of the population.
Infant Mortality : Of the 1216 deaths of Parishioners 591, or
48.6 per cent., occurred to infants under 5 years of age.
Mortality over 65 years of age:—196 parishioners were over
65 at the time of death, being at the rate of 16.1 per cent. of the
total deaths recorded.
The 93 deaths of non-parishioners occurred at the following
Hospitals and other places in the Parish:—
Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest 56
City of London Lying-in Hospital 13
St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics 16
Suicide by Drowning in a Tank 1
„ Oxalic Acid at a Workshop 1
Injuries from an Accident in a Lift 1
„ fall from a window 1
Sudden Death in the Street from Heart Disease 1
,, at Hotels in Finsbury „ 2
„ Whitfield's Tabernacle „ 1
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