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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
Harrow-on-the-Hill 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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(A) TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1897, Classified according to DISEASES,
AGES, AND LOCALITIES.
Estimated Popualtion, 8,777.
| 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 Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Scarlatina. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Diarrhoea & Dysentery | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia. & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||
| Harrow | 72 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 31 | Under 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | |||||
| 5 upwds. | i | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Cottage Hospital | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Isolation Hospital | 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 31 | Under 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 55 | |||||||||||
(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, C lassified
according to DISEASES, AGES, and LOCALITIES.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1891. | Census 1896. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Isolation Hospital. | Cottage Hospital. | |||
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | ||||||||
| Urban Sanitary District of Harrow | 5725 | 8373 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5 upwds. | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 upwds. | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |||