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 VII.
Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1881.
Total Deaths. | Death per 1,000 of Population | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths. | |
---|---|---|---|
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases | 246 | 4.2 | 172 |
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis.) | 263 | 4.5 | 184 |
3. Tubercular Diseases | 171 | 2.9 | 119 |
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants | 90 | 1.5 | 63 |
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 108 | 1.8 | 75 |
NOTES. | |||
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea. | |||
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes. | |||
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth. | |||
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething. |