Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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TABLE Y.
TABLE III.
N ote .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.
Cause of Death. | AGES. | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 3 months. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 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 | 20 | 61 | 52 | 61 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 194 | 253 | ||
II. Constitutional Diseases | 7 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 73 | 183 | ||
III. Local Diseases | 57 | 75 | 63 | 38 | 41 | 24 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 64 | 35 | 19 | 4 | .. | 233 | 549 | ||
IV. Developmental Diseases | 44 | 16 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 71 | 116 | ||
V. Violent Deaths | 13 | 6 | .. | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 23 | 67 | ||
Not specified or ill-defined | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 141 | 181 | 149 | 124 | 85 | 53 | 79 | 94 | 73 | 83 | 48 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 595 | 1169 | ||
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Smallpox | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 12 | ||
2 Measles | .. | 10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | 52 | ||
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 22 | ||
4 Diptheria | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | ||
5 Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6 Croup | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 17 | ||
7 Whooping Cough | .. | 6 | 17 | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 41 | ||
8 | Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | ||
Simple Continued Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
9 Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
10 Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11 Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
12 Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
13 Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
14 Diarrhœa | 1 | 31 | .. | 3 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | 55 | ||
15 Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
16 Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
17 Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
18 Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
19 Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
1 Syphilis | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | ||
2 Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
3 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
4 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
1 Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
2 Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
3 Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
4 Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
1 Thrush | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | ||
2 Worms, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
2 Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
3 Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
4 Cancrum Oris (Noma) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
5 Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
1 Scrofula | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | ||
2 Tabes Mesenterica | 7 | 14 | 13 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 39 | ||
3 Phthisis | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 113 | ||
4 Hydrocephalus | .. | 7 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 15 | ||
Class 3. Local Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Cephalitis | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 44 | ||
2 Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 29 | ||
3 Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | ||
4 Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
5 Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6 Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
7 Convulsions | 31 | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 | 51 | ||
8 Brain Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |