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City of London 1865

[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 1866, and a Comparison with the Averages of the last Ten Years.

City Districts and Popu- lation in 1861.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.Con. tinned Fever.Scarlet-Fever.Small-Pox.Measles.Whoop-ingCough Croup, &Diphtheria.Erysipelas.
Adults.Children.
East London Union (Population 41,282)1866.34123562261423856341146459148257982
Average471307333661133444811366761902971092
WestLondonUnion (Population 26,739)1866.38106531234212128131523394101208716
Average46985322387173523523386128216755
City of LondonUnion(Population 46,451)1866.56112328514694018313344124296846
Average651214821578173230823524158347991
Entire City(Population 114,472)1866.1283411414214610968124652982118173737612544
Average1583491747616126671111012482157164768602838