Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904 / by J. H. Crocker.

  • Richmond upon Thames (London, England). Council
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[1904]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904 / by J. H. Crocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'Mortality in As will be seen by the Table of Causes of Death, at age Groups. the end of this Section, there were 113 deaths above 65 years of age, and 83 below one year of age. Infantile Mortality. The total number of deaths under one year was 83 ; this is at the rate of 133 per 1,000 births. The average for the preceding io years was 131. Tuberculosis. The total number of deaths attributed to this disease was 61, being 15 per cent, of the total deaths as compared with 11 per cent, for 1903, and 10 per cent, for 1902. This is a little over a rate of T8 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with T6 for 1903, T3 for 1902, and 1 for 1901. Respiratory 55 deaths were registered as due to diseases of the Diseases. chest other than phthisis. This gives a mortality of T6 per 1,000 of the population as against 1*5 for 1903, 2 for 1902 and 2‘5 for 1901. Deaths in Public Institutions. Parishioners In the Richmond Hospital 13 ,, Union Workhouse ... 38 ,, Brook wood Asylum... 6 ,, Mogden Hospital ... 3 Royal Surrey Hospital 1 ” Guildford ... ... i Inquests. There were 44 inquests held in the Borough during the year, viz., Richmond 35, Petersham 2 and Kew 7. Non-Parishioners. Total. 31 44 22 60 — 6 — 3 1 .Coroner’s Inquests held during the Year 1904 in tl]0 Kingston District of Surrey. Kingston Ham New Malden ... Old Malden 59 3 4 1