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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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(A) Table of Deaths during the Year 1897, the Clerkenwell Metropolitan District, classified according to
Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names of Localities
adopted for the purpose of
these Statistics; public institutions
being shown as
separate localities. (See
note 4 on back of sheet.)
(Columns for Population and
Births are in Table B.)
At all ages.
Mortality from all causes
at subjoined Ages.
Mortality from Subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
Under 1 year.
1 and under 5.
5 and under
15.
15 and under
25.
25 and under
65.
65 and upwards.
(i)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup.
Fevers.
Cholera.
Erysipelas.
Measles.
Whooping
Cough.
Diarrhoea and
Dysentery.
Rheumatic
Fever.
Phthisis.
Bronchitis,
Pneumonia
and Pleurisy.
Heart
Disease
Influenza.
Injuries.
All Other
Diseases.
Total.
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
Goswell Sub-Registration
District
199
69
25
4
6
70
25
Under 5
2
7
10
15
1
19
4
35
93
5 upwds.
1
2
22
31
18
1
1
30
106
8t. James' Sub-Registration
District
213
76
50
10
13
61
33
Under 5
5
18
9
15
9
24
1
3
51
126
5 upwds.
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
18
21
20
1
4
43
117
Am well Sob-Registration
District
524
197
96
13
20
142
56
Under 5
4
1
20
23
35
2
60
2
2
15
128
293
5 upwds
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
43
52
28
7
7
86
231
Totals
966
342
171
27
39
278
114
Under 5
11
1
45
42
65
12
103
3
2
22
214
512
5 upwds.
3
5
2
1
2
2
1
4
1
83
104
66
9
12
159
454
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.
485
44
72
36
26
205
102
Under 5
1
8
22
3
7
4
1
20
2
8
39
115
5 upwds
2
9
11
2
3
2
1
62
44
39
1
24
170
370