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Limehouse 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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SHAD WELL & WAPPING

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.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsTotal under 5 Years.Total
Causes
I. Zymotic Diseases21664..11....1......3340
II. Constitutional Diseases662238629..3....1447
Ill Local Diseases32975149151582....48107
IV Developmental Diseases122........11552....1428
V Violent Deaths2....41373I........221
Not specified or ill- defined..............................
Totals73231515516242130147....101243
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases. Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1Smallpox..............................
2Measles..1......................11
3Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)..121..................34
4Diphtheria......1....................1
5Quinsy..............................
6Croup3..1....................55
7Whooping Cough7221..................1112
8Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever............................1
Simple Continued Fever..............................
9Erysipelas1..........................2
10Puerperal Fever (Metria)..............................
11Carbuncle..............................
12Influenza..............................
13TVsentery..............................
14Diarrhoea10..11..................1112
15Cholera..............................
16Ague..............................
17Remittent Fever..............................
18Rheumatism..................1........1
19Other Zymotic Diseases..............................
Order 1— Enthetic.
1Syphilis..1......................11
2Stricture of Urethra...... ..........................
3Hydrophobia..............................
4Glanders..............................
Order 3. — Dietic.
1Privation..............................
2Want of Breast Milk..............................
3Purpura and Scurvy..............................
4Alcoholisma Del. Tremens..............................
b Intemperance..............................
Order 4.— Parasitic.
1Thrush..............................
2Worms, &c..............................
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases Order 1. - Diathetic.
1Gout....................1......1
2Dropsy....................2......2
3Cancer............111..........3
4Cancrum Oris (Noma)..............................
5Mortification..............................
Order 2 Tubercular.
1Scrofula..............................
2Tabes Mesenterica431....................88
3Phthisis22..238518........431
4Hydrocephalus..11....................22
Class 3. Local Diseases Order 1. —Nervous System.
1Cephalitis22..........1..1......46
2Apoplexy............1..2..........3
3Paralysis..............111........3
4Insanity..............................
5Chorea..............................
6Epilepsy..............1..............
7Convulsions141............11......1517
8Brain Disease, &c..............................