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Limehouse 1875

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Table: LIMEHOUSE.Deaths registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes during the year1875.Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

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LIMEHOUSE.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes during the year1875.

Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

Cause of Death.		AGES.
Cause of Death.		0 to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to i5	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 and upwards	Total under 5 Years.	Total
Classes.
I Zymotic Diseases		54	37	50	16	1	1	2	1	1	1	..	2	..	141	166
II. Constitutional Diseases		28	14	12	2	9	11	21	16	6	4	..	..	..	54	123
III. Local Diseases		7b	49	20	14	9	11	22	29	34	30	19	1	..	145	314
IV. Developmental Diseases		54	7	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	7	5	6	1	62	83
V. Violent Death		6	1	..	4	2	2	4	4	1	1	1	..	..	7	26
Not specified or ill-defined		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	4
Totals		218	108	83	37	21	25	49	53	43	43	26	9	1	409	716
Class I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order I.—Miasmatic.
1	Smallpox	..	..	...	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	....	..
2	Measles	4	6	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	17	17
3	Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)	2	5	16	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	34
4	Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Quinsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Croup	3	3	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	11
7	Whooping Cough	16	15	14	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45	47
8	Typhus Fever	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	4
	Enteric or Typhoid Fever	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Simple Continued Fever	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
9	Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
10	Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11	Carbuncle	..	..	...	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
12	Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
13	Dysentery	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
14	Diarrhœa	24	8	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	36	39
15	Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
16	Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17	Remittent Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
18	Rheumatism	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
19	Other Zymotic Diseases	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
Order 2.—Entheiic.
1	Syphilis	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
2	Stricture of Urethra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Glanders	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order t,.—Dietic.
1	Privation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Want of Breast Milk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Purpura and Scurvy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism a Del- Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	b Interrmerance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1	Thrush	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
2	Worms, &c	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1. — Diathetic.
1	Gout	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Dropsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	2
3	Cancer	..	...	..	..	..	..	3	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
4	Cancrum Oris (Noma)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Mortification	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order 2 Tubercular.
1	Scrofula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Tabes Mesenterica	25	12	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	40
3	Phthisis	..	1	7	1	9	11	18	13	5	4	..	..	..	8	69
4	Hydrocephalus	3	1	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	7
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1	Cephalitis	2		4	3	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	16
2	Apoplexy	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	7	4	3	..	..	..	17
3	Paralysis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	2	..	2	..	..	..	7
4	Insanity	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
5	Chorea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Epilepsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
7	Convulsions	28	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	38	40
8	Brain Disease, &c	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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Limehouse 1875

Table: LIMEHOUSE.Deaths registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes during the year1875.Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.