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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
Hornsey 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| 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 upwards. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Malignant Disease. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| HORNSEY URBAN DISTRICT | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 579 | 158 | 55 | 17 | 17 | 194 | 138 | Under 5 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 15 | — | 1 | 40 | 1 | — | 4 | 127 | 213 | |
| 5 upwds | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 35 | 81 | 51 | 31 | 5 | 145 | 366 | ||||||||
| Area and Population of the District to which this Return relates. Area in acres, 2,809. Population 1891, 44,205. Estimated to middle of 1898. 70,054. Death rates— General, 8 47- per 1,000 population, estimated to middle of 1898. Infant (under 1 year of age). 117 73 per 1,000 births registered. | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Totals | 579 | 158 | 55 | 17 | 17 | 194 | 138 | Under 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 15 | — | 1 | 40 | 1 | — | 4 | 127 | 213 | ||
| 5 upwds. | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | - | - | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 35 | 81 | 51 | 31 | 5 | 145 | 366 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | Under 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | Under 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HENRY CLOTHIER, M.D., Lond. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||