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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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TABLE IX.
Copied from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary of Births,
Deaths, and causes of death in London for the year 1890.

Table: DIMINUTION or EXCESS of DEATHS in 1890, compared withAnnual Deaths in 1880-89.

DIMINUTION or EXCESS of DEATHS in 1890, compared with

Annual Deaths in 1880-89.

Cause of Death.Diminution in 1890.Excess in 1890.
Small-pox674—
Measles-664
Scarlet Fever838—
Typhus32—
Whooping Cough—193
Diphtheria—355
Simple and Ill-defined Fever54—
Enteric Fever218—
Diarrhœal Diseases679—
Cancer—349
Phthisis and Tubercular Diseases539—
Premature Birth—222
Diseases of Nervous System172—
Diseases of Circulatory System—1,293
Diseases of Respiratory System (including Croup)—2,143
Diseases of Urinary System—89
Childbirth and Puerperal Fever95—
Accident76—
Murder, Manslaughter12—
Suicide57—
All other Causes316—
3,7625,308
Balance of Diminution and Excess—1,546