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City of London 1860

[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 1861 ; and a Comparison with the Averages of the last Five Years.

Districts and Population in 1861.Vio-lelice, 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 F ever.Scarlet-Fever.Small-Pox.Measles.Whoop-ing Coujgh Croup, Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
Adults.Chil-dren.
East London Union. (Population 41,282)52135813366837272933881101982751073
Average ot Five Years preceding441246738721432454416375852053071108
West London Union. (Population 26,739)421146721437111815041504157184774
Average of Five Years preceding411025027379193624720376120219754
City of London Union. (Population 46,451)541204019489252522140715188331998
Average of Five Years preceding66123422861101726239214931603691007
Entire City.(Population 114,472)14836918873157247370664119202195437902845
Average of Five Years pie-ceding151349159931703363107913278144144858952869