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City of London 1861

[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 1862, and a comparison with the Averages of the last Seven Years.

City Districts and Population in 1862.Summer Quarter.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-Fox.Measles.Whoop-ing Cough Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
Adults.Children.
EastLondonUnion (Population 41,282)1862.6115179206182758492459981702441082
Average481317437721635464614356472193041148
WestLondonUnion (Population 26,7391862.51865510272115510018272134198686
Average421055525369183225822376133211764
City of London") Union (Population 46,451)1862.551203913515106136229724137324958
Average65141422660121928339215451683521035
Entire City (Population 114,472)1862.16735717343139154817495492198144417662726
Average1553771718816837721061043178155185208672947