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City of London 1856

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Table: No.II.-Classification of the 2,904 Deaths, which occurred in the fifty-two weeks dating fromSeptember 28th, 1856, to September 26th, 1857.

No.II.-Classification of the 2,904 Deaths, which occurred in the fifty-two weeks dating fromSeptember 28th, 1856, to September 26th, 1857.

Total Number of Deaths.AT WHAT AGES?FROM WHAT CAUSES?
0 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 and over.Violence, Privation, Poison, and Premature Birth.Fever.Acute Diarrhœa (not of infants), Dysentery, and Cholera.Scarlet-Fever and Cynanche | Maligna.Small-Pox.Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases.Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, and Phlebitis.Diarrhœa, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of infants under 3 years of age.Measles, Hooping-cough. and Croup.Hydrocephalus, Teething, & Convulsions of Infancy.Other Diseases, chiefly chronic.
East London Union115051237152354868891115129484320288222614969117440
West London Union753295249104769558893634932101541649746052284
City of London Union1001356331725508595105104131783482221635878385434
Entire City29041163944158151240238284312323175109386514549203102122541158
Average of the last Eight Years315511881305771199250285293316366140 *14216710737490 *272901902731292

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* These are the numbers of last year, as there is no record of the deaths from Violence, &c., and from Tubercular disease, in the preceeding seven years.