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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]
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No. VII.—
| Quarters Ending. | Proportions. | Violence, Privation, Premature Birth, and Poison. | Tubercular Diseases. | Convulsions and Teething. | Zymotic Diseases. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma. | Others, chiefly chronic. | total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis. | Tabes, Scrofula, Marasmus, &c. | Hydrocephalus. | Alvine Flux. | Continued Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough, Croup, & Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | ||||||||
| Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||||||||
| December | Per Annum | 36 | 73 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 98 | 173 | 545 |
| (Autumn) | Per 1,000 Deaths | 66 | 134 | 55 | 13 | 50 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 55 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 180 | 317 | 1,000 |
| March | Per Annum | 37 | 76 | 27 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 132 | 208 | 607 |
| (Winter) | Per 1,000 Deaths | 61 | 125 | 45 | 16 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 46 | 5 | 217 | 343 | 1,000 |
| June | Per Annum | 28 | 71 | 26 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 81 | 170 | 512 |
| (Spring) | Per 1,000 Deaths | 55 | 137 | 51 | 22 | 70 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 63 | 6 | 158 | 332 | 1,000 |
| September | Per Annum | 31 | 63 | 37 | 7 | 29 | 17 | 45 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 45 | 162 | 504 |
| (Summer) | Per 1,000 Deaths | 61 | 125 | 73 | 14 | 58 | 34 | 89 | 34 | 34 | 4 | 24 | 34 | 6 | 89 | 321 | 1,000 |
| Per Annum | 132 | 283 | 120 | 35 | 124 | 28 | 60 | 72 | 66 | 23 | 47 | 96 | 13 | 356 | 713 | 2,168 | |
| Entire Year | Per 1,000 Deaths | 61 | 131 | 55 | 16 | 57 | 13 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 164 | 329 | 1,000 |
It consisted of 812 Sheep and Lambs, 168 Calves, 327 Pigs, 856 Quarters of Beef, 2,035 Joints of Meat; besides 2,022 Plucks, 159 Kidneys, 303 Livers,
39 Hearts, Tongues,&c.,1Side, 38 Pieces and 672 1bs.of Bacon,1 Barrel of Pigs' Heads, 130 Hams,30 1bs of Pigs Heads,130 Hams, 30 1bs of Sausages, 5 Cheese, 8 Goats, 3 Deer
18 Quarters and 2 Haunches of Venison, 17 Hares, 382 Rabbits, 649 head of Game and Poultry, 1 Box of Plovers' Eggs, 316 Cocoa Nuts, 4 Baskets of
Cherries, 600 Barrels, 896 Boxes, and many cart loads of Figs, and 22 Barrels and several Boxes of Currants.