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City of London 1858

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

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No. IV.—Classification of the 2,911 Deathsy according to Causes, for the Fifty-two Weeks dating from September 25th, 1858, to September 24th, 1859.

Districts and Population.Vio-lence, Privation, Premature Birth, & Poison.Tubercular Diseases.Convulsions and Teething.Zymotic Diseases.Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma.Others, chiefly chronic.Total.
Phthisis.Tabes and Scrofula.Hydrocephalus.AlvineFlux.Continued Fever.Scarlet-Fever.Small-Pox.Measles.Whooping Cough Croup,& Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
Adults.Children.
East London Union (Population 44,593.) Average of Four Years preceding431246136761336385231336741913211126
501327940752238574911326482293121198
West London Union. (Population 28,603.)Average of Four Years'] preceding50975026449264642429554119180781
4210855263010203425916327128221763
City op London Union(Population 56,726.)Average of Four Years preceding65122422673920233312265121473531004
71132453059132030367205371643761063
Entire City (Population 129,922.) Average of Four Years preceding1583431538819331821071274788173104578542911
1633721799616445781211102768149225219093024