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 London, City of ]
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Population according to the Census of 1851. | Entire City of London, 129,922. | East London Union. 44,593 | West London Union. 28,603 | City of London Union. 56,726 | ||||||||||
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Saint Botolph. 23,435 | Cripplegate. 20,582 | Workhouses. 576 | North. 12.350 | South. 15,844 | Workhouse. 409 | s. w. 9,204 | N. W. 11,847 | South. 11,461 | S. E. 10,594 | N.E. 12,826 | Workhouse. 794 |
East London Union. | West London Union. | City of London Union. | Total for entire City. | ||||||||||
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Deaths in the different seasons of five years, as follows:— | Saint Botolph. | Cripplegate. | Workhouses. | North. | South. | Workhouse. | S. w. | n. w. | South. | S. £. | N. E. | Workhouse. |
Deaths in the Population of the City of London. | Under 5 Years of Age. | From 5 to 10 | From 10 to 15 | From 15 to 20 | From 20 to 30 | From 30 to 40 | From 40 to 50 | From 50 to 60 | From 60 to 70 | From 70 upwards. | Age not reported. | Total. |
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In the successive years terminating severally as follows :— | Fever. | Acute Diarrhœa (not of infants) Dysentery, and Cholera. | Scarlet-Fever. and Cynanche maligna. | Small-Pox. | Erysipelas, Pyœmia, and Puerperal Fever. | Diarrhoea, Bronchitis and Pneumonia of infants under 3 year6 of age. | Measles, Hooping-cough and Croup. | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of infancy. | Total of preceding columns. |
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Deaths in the four quarterly periods, terminating as follows :— | East London Union. | West London Union. | City of London Union. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saint Botolph. | Cripple-gate. | 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. |
Total of Deaths. | AT WHAT AGES ? | FROM WHAT CAUSES? | |||||||||||||||||||
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0 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 30 | 30 to 40 | 40 to 50 | 50 to 60 | 60 to 70 | 70 and over. | Violence and Poison. | Fever. | Acute Diarrhoea (not of infants) Dysentery and Cholera. | Scarlet-Fever and Cynanche Maligna. | Small-Pox. | Erysipelas, Pyaemia, and Puerperal Fever. | Diarrhoea, Bronchitis and Pneumonia of infants under 3 years of age. | Measles, Hooping-cough and Croup. | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of infancy. | Other Diseases, chiefly chronic. |