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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
Kingston upon Thames 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
| Estimated Population 32,516. 1897. Month. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES OF THE DYING. | CAUSES OF DEATHS- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Legitimate, under 1 year. | Illegitimate, nnder 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | Over 65. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Menb. Croup and Laryngitis. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough | Diarrhoea. | Influenza. | Rheumatic Fever | Phthisis. | Bronchts., Pleursy and Pneumonia. | Heart Disease. | Tuberculosis. | Cancer. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||
| JANUARY | 48 | 34 | 82 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | Under 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | M | F | 6 | 29 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FEBRUARY | 36 | 43 | 79 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | Under 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MARCH | 43 | 40 | 83 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 13 | Under 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| APRIL | 34 | 36 | 70 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | Under 5 | 1 | I | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAY | 44 | 36 | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | *1 | 9 | 3 | Under 5 | 1 | i | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JUNE | 36 | 35 | 71 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JULY | 45 | 45 | 90 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUGUST | 32 | 41 | 73 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | Under 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
| †1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEPTEMBER | 32 | 26 | 58 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | Under 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OCTOBER | 42 | 45 | 87 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | Under 5 | i | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| i | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOVEMBER | 45 | 46 | 91 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | *12 | 11 | Under 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DECEMBER | 53 | 28 | 81 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 | Under 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths in Brookwood 3-uths of Total Deaths from Kingston Union. | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 9 | 20 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 490 | 455 | 945 | 264 | 233 | 497 | 126 | 17 | 69 | 16 | 13 | 136 | 120 | Under 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 78 | 211 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 133 | 286 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rate per 1000 | 1502 | 14.0 | 29.06 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 3.8 | .5 | 2.1 | .4 | .3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | .01 | .02 | .006 | .01 | .006 | .003 | .9 | .02 | .8 | .006 | .003 | 1.1 | 2.1 | .9 | .7 | .4 | _.3 | .3 | 6.4 | 15.2 | |||
| Rate per 1000 for previous four years | 156 | 14.6 | 30.3 | 8.2 | 7.59 | 15.8 | 3.5 | .38 | 1.8 | .54 | .6 | 4.8 | 3.7 | .008 | .06 | .37 | .17 | .07 | .02 | .09 | .32 | .27 | .6 | .27 | .03 | 1.3 | 3. | 1.2 | .8 | .47 | .38 | 5.8 | 15.8 | |||
| Deaths in Workhouse (not belonging to Kingston) | 47 | 41 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 52 | Under 5 | † And Cirrhosis of the Liver | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Surbiton Cottage Hospital. 2. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||