Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1855-56
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No. I.—Eighth Annual Enumeration of Deaths, relating to the fifty.two weeks dating from September 29th, 1855, to September 21th, 1856.
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Deaths in the four quarterly periods, terminating as follows:— | Saint Botolph. | Cripplegate. | Workhouses. | North. | South. | Workhouse. | s. w. | N. W. | South. | s. e. | N. E. | Workhouse. | |||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | ||
I. In the quarter ending Dec. 29th. | 71 | 54 | 74 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 51 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 15 | |
125 | 127 | 53 | 54 | 105 | 31 | 35 | 54 | 47 | 27 | 52 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
II. In the Quarter ending March 29th | 59 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 46 | 41 | 22 | 26 ' | 20 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 19 | |
110 | 128 | 64 | 67 | 87 | 48 | 44 | 39 | 46 | 35 | 61 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
III. In the quarter ending June 28th | 61 | 57 | 68 | 64 | 16 | 13 | 35 | 33 | 54 | 57 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 21 | |
118 | 132 | 29 | 68 | 111 | 39 | 41 | 34 | 42 | 33 | 54 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
IV. In the quarter ending Sept. 27th | 46 | 44 | 52 | 68 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 20 | 49 | 50 | 14 | 15, | 15 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 14 | |
90 | 120 | 30 | 58 | 99 | 29 | 27 | 40 | 51 | 40 | 53 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
Sum of the four quarters | 237 | 206 | 255 | 252 | 91 | 85 | 135 | 112 | 203 | 199 | 76 | 71 | 82 | 65 | 86 | 81 | 99 | 87 | 81 | 54 | 110 | 110 | 64 | 69 | |
443 | 507 | 176 | 247 | 402 | 147 | 147 | 167 | 180 | 135 | 220 | 133 | ||||||||||||||