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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Limehouse 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: Table I.

Table I.

CAUSES OP DEATH.Limehouse acres 249. Population(1861) corrected 27,453Ratcliff, acres 113. Population corrected 17,123Shadwell, acres 68 Population corrected 8038.Wapping acres 41. Population 3987.Limehouse District, acres 471. Total Population 56,601.
1. Zymotic2291204019408
2. Diathetic18225954
3. Tubercular100873320240
4. Nervous System51421114118
5. Organs of Circulation18811037
6. Respiratory Organs109703726242
7. Digestive Organs46157775
8. Urinary Organs, &c93. . .. . .14
9. Generative Organs, &c6. . .219
10. Locomotive Organs, &c2. . .. . .46
11. Integumentary System.... . .1. . .1
12. Malformations5. . .1. . .6
13. Premature Birth, and Debility24115949
14. Old Age222923184
15. Violent and Sudden46324418140
Total Deaths6854401901681483