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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

City of London 1850

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

Published
1851
Pages
54
Tables
5

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  • Page 45
    No. I. Population of the City of London in Sub-Districts and Unions as given by Census in 1841 and 1851.
    Union.East London.East London.Total of East London Union.West London.West London.Total of West London Union.City of London.City of London.City of London.City of London.City of London.Total of City of London Union.Total Population of the City.
    Sub Districts.St. BotolphCripplegateNorth.South.South-W.North-W.South.South-EastNorth East
  • Page 47
    No. II. Analysis of the Year's Mortality, as to the Four Quarters of the Year, and as to the several Districts and Sub-Districts of the City.
    Population of City 129,682In Unions or Re gistrars' DistrictsEast London Union, 44,593West London Union, 28,634CiTy of London Union, 56,455
  • Page 48
    No. III. Enumeration of Deaths during the three Years 1848-51, distributed in Sub-Districts, and in Districts, or Unions.
    East London Union.1848-9. *1849-50.1850-1.Total.
  • Page 49
    No. IV. Deaths of the last Three Years stated separately and conjointly, classified according to Ages, and distributed to Unions.
    Deaths in the Population of the City of London.Under 5 Years.Under 10 Years.Under 15 Years.Under 20 Years.Under 30 Years.Under 40 Years.Under 50 Years.Under 60 Years.Under 70 Years.70 and upwards.Totals.
  • Page 50
    No. V. Comparative prevalence during the Three years 1848-9,1849-50 and 1850-1 of such Deaths from acute disease as may chiefly be considered preventable. (See Report for 1850, pp. 15, 16, and present Report, p. 10)
    In the Years terminating as follows:—Fever, &c.Cholera, Dysentery, Epidemic DiarrhoeaScarlet Fever Cynanche Maligna, &c.Small Pox, &c.Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, Phlebitis, &c.Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of infants, under 3 years of age.Zymotic Disorders commonly occurring in Infants: Hooping-cough, Croup, Measles.Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions of Infancy.Total of preceding columns.