Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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(A) TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR, 1898, Classified According to DISEASES, AGES,
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 Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and up-wards. | Scarlatina. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Puerperal Fevers. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa & Dysentery | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||
Harrow | 100 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 38 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 28 |
5 upwds. | 2 | 1 | 29 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
Isolation Hospital ____ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | „ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Cottage Hospital | 8 | „ | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 109 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 39 | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 28 |
5 upward | 2 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 81 |
(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, C LASSIFIED A CCORDING
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. | Registered Births | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each locality, coming to knowledge of Medical Officer. | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||
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Last Census (1891) | Estimated to middle of 1898. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | |||||
Scarlatina. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | ||||||||||
Harrow | 5,725 | 9,293 | 195 | Under 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
5 upwds. | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 |