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Limehouse 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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RATCLIFE.

Deaths registered at several groups ofagesfrom Different Causes during the year1875.

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

Cause of Death.AGES.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8535 to 9595 and upwardsTotal under 5 Years.Total
Classes.
I. ZymoticDiseases35171673......21......6881
II ConstitutionalDiseases192357381122....2453
III. LocalDiseases5614108676121812101..80160
IV. DevelopmentalDiseases195..1..11..1193..2441
V. ViolentDeaths4..3324....2........718
Not specified or ill-defined1..........1............12
Totals1343832241815l6132416214..204355
Class I.ZymoticDiseases. Order I.- Miasmatic
1Smallpox..............................
3Measles..11....................22
3Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)11431................610
4Diphtheria..............................
5Quinsy..............................
6Croup1441..................910
7Whooping Cough893....................2020
8typhus Fever......1........1........12
Enteric or Typhoid Fever....111................13
Simple Continued Fever....2....................22
9Erysipelas1................1......12
10Puerperal Fever (Metria)......1..................1
11Carbuncle..............................
12Influenza..............................
13Dysentery............................
14Diarrhœa2221..........1........2526
15Cholera..............................
16Ague..............................
17Remittent Fever..............................
18Rheumatism..............................
19Other Zymotic Diseases......1....................1
Order 2.—Enthelic.
1Syphilis1........................11
2Stricture of Urethra..............................
3Hydrophobia..............................
4Glanders..............................
Order 3.— Dietic.
1Privation..............................
2Want of beast milk..............................
3Purpura and scurvy..............................
4Alcoholisma Del Tremens..............................
b Intemperance..............................
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1Thrush1........................11
2Worms, &c..............................
Class 2 Constitutional Diseases Order Diathetic.
1Gout....................1......1
2Dropsy..............................
3Cancer................121......4
4Cancrum Oris (Noma)..............................
5Mortification..............................
Order 2... Tubercular.
1Scrofula......1....................1
2Tables Mesenterica10..11..................1112
3Phthisis21237381..........527
4Hydrocephalus71......................88
Class 3. LocalDiseases. Order 1.—Nervous System.
1Cephalitis3123......1....1....611
2Apoplexy........11..112........6
3Paralysis..............1....3......4
4Insanity..............................
5Chorea..............................
6Epilepsy..............................
7Convulsions224............11......2628
8Brain Disease, &c..............................