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City of London 1859

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

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No. V.—Classification of Deaths according to Causes, during the Year ending September 1860.

Districts and Population.Violence, Privation, Premature Birth, and Poison.Tubercular Diseases.Convulsions and Teething.Zymotic Diseases.Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma.Others, chiefly chronic.Total.
Phthisis.Tabes and Scrofula.Hydrocephalus.Alvine Flux.Continued Fever.Scarlet-Fever.Small-Pox.Measles.WhoopingCough Croup, & Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
Adults.Childre+n.
East London Union. (Population 44,593)40132582763524254422434422282751032
Average of Five Years preceding491307640752037535015326582223101182
West London Union. (Population 28,603)33904826445824201519272141237739
Average of Five Years preceding4310654263310213628819377126211765
City or London Union. (Population 56,726)5311933186313925212313401184361976
Average of Five Years preceding70130452962132029358215361603721053
Entire City.(Population 129,922)1263411397117023417485607511155538732747
Average of Five Years preceding1623661759517043781181133172155215088933000