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 London, City of]
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No. VI.—
City Districts and Population in 1801. | Violence, priva-tion, Pi cim-ture Birth, and Poison | Tubercular Diseases | Convulsions and Teething. | Zymotic Diseases. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, und Asthma | Others, chiefly chronic. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Phthisis. | Tabes and Scrofula. | Hydrocephalus. | Alvine Flux. | Continue d Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough, Cioup, & Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | ||||||||
Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||||||||
East London Unton (Population 27,883) | 1 1871 | 38 | 66 | 22 | 16 | 45 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 59 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 128 | 229 | 703 |
Average | 45 | 127 | 67 | 22 | 59 | 13 | 33 | 42 | 43 | 6 | 30 | 59 | 7 | 154 | 270 | 977 | |
West LondonUnion (Population 18,815) | 1871 | 37 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 85 | 115 | 428 |
Average | 46 | 90 | 46 | 13 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 114 | 200 | 675 | |
City of London Union (Population 29,906) | 1871 | 49 | 97 | 9 | 6 | 24 | o o | 10 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 111 | 240 | 631 |
Average | 58 | 109 | 40 | 11 | 45 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 137 | 850 | ||
Entibe City (Population 76,60-1) | 1871 | 124 | 209 | 58 | 33 | 96 | 9 | 52 | 33 | 61 | 88 | 19 | 58 | 14 | 324 | 1762 | |
Average | 149 | 326 | 153 | 46 | 140 | 29 | 64 | 98 | 94 | 16 | 69 | 130 | 15 | 405 | 768 | 2502 |