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Limehouse 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE Y.

TABLE III.

Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year,1882.

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

Cause of Death.AGES.
Under 3 months.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 upwards.Total under 5 Years.Total.
Classes.
I Zymotic Diseases20615261271151123........194253
II. Constitutional Diseases72227171292227181381....73183
III. Local Diseases5775633841243943476435194..233549
IV. Developmental Diseases441674....322..41617171116
V. Violent Deaths136..45910114311....2367
Not specified or ill-defined..1........................11
Totals14118114912485537994738348372115951169
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1 Smallpox..3..12411............412
2 Measles..10191921..1............4852
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)....79411..............1622
4 Diptheria....143..................58
5 Quinsy................................
6 Croup1628....................1717
7 Whooping Cough..617144..................3741
8Typhus Fever........1....................1
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......1822211........117
Simple Continued Fever..1....11......1........14
9 Erysipelas..............1..1..........2
10 Puerperal Fever (Metria)................................
11 Carbuncle..............1..............1
12 Influenza................................
13 Dysentery..........11................2
14 Diarrhœa131..3..l................5455
15 Cholera..............1..............1
16 Ague................................
17 Remittent Fever................................
18 Rheumatism......11....11..........14
19 Other Zymotic Diseases......11..................12
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1 Syphilis42........................66
2 Stricture of Urethra................................
3 Hydrophobia................................
4 Glanders................................
Order 3.—Dietic.
1 Privation................................
2 Want of Breast Milk................................
3 Purpura and Scurvy................................
4 Alcoholisma. Del. Tremens..............2..............2
b. Intemperance..............1..............1
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1 Thrush12........................33
2 Worms, &c.................................
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1 Gout................1............1
2 Dropsy......................1......1
3 Cancer................235........10
4 Cancrum Oris (Noma)................................
5 Mortification................................
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1 Scrofula..121....................44
2 Tabes Mesenterica714135....................3939
3 Phthisis....510129222715103......15113
4 Hydrocephalus..771....................1515
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1 Cephalitis113856911............2744
2 Apoplexy..............57962......29
3 Paralysis................3....22....7
4 Insanity..................1....1....2
5 Chorea................................
6 Epilepsy..............2..1..........3
7 Convulsions31164......................5151
8 Brain Disease, &c.................................