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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 1856

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1855-56

Published
1856
Author
Letheby, Henry.
Pages
36
Tables
7

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7 tables in this report

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    No. I.—Eighth Annual Enumeration of Deaths, relating to the fifty.two weeks dating from September 29th, 1855, to September 21th, 1856.
    East London Union.West London Union.City of London Union.
    Deaths in the four quarterly periods, terminating as follows:—Saint Botolph.Cripplegate.Workhouses.North.South.Workhouse.s. w.N. W.South.s. e.N. E.Workhouse.
    M.F.M.F.m.F.m.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.m.F.M.F.M.FM.F.
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    No. II.—Classification of the 2,910 Deaths, which occurred in the fifty.two weeks, dating from September 29th, 1855, to September 21th, 1856.
    Total Number of Deaths.AT WHAT AGES?FROM WHAT CAUSES?
    0 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 ta 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 and over.Violence, Privation, Poison, and Premature Birth.Fever.Acute Diarrhoea (not of infants), Dysentery, and Cholera.Scarlet.Fever and Cynanche Maligna.Small.Pox.Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases.Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, and Phlebitis.Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of infants under 3 years of age.Measles, Hooping.cough, and Croup.Hydrocephalus, Teething, & Convulsions of Infancy.Other Diseases, chiefly chronic.
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    No. III.—Mortality in the City of London during Eight Years, namely from Michaelmas 1848, to Michaelmas 1856.
    Entire City.East London Union. .West London Union.City of London Union.
    Saint Botolph.Cripplegate.Workhouses.North.South.Work. house.S. W.N. W.South.S. E.N. E.Workhouse.
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    No. IV.—Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000 Living, of Males, of Females, and of Persons of Both Sexes, at different Ages, for the Year terminating September 27th, 1856, compared rvith that of England for 10 Years—viz., from 1844 to 1853.
    Deaths to 1000 living atAll Ages.From 0 5From 5 to 10From 10 to 15From 15 to 25From 25 to 35From 35 to 45From 45 to 55From 55 to 65From 65 to 75From 75 to 85From 85 and over.
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    No. V.—The Density of the Population; proportion of Deaths to 1,000 of the Living; mean Age at Death of persons over 20; and per.centage of Deaths from different Diseases.
    Number of persons to an acre.Deaths to 1000 persons living.Mean Age at Death of persons.Causes of Death per cent. of all the Deaths.
    At all Ages.Under 5.From 45 to 55.At 20 and over.At 30 and over.1 At 40 and over.Fever.Small Pox.Infantile diseases.Consumption.
    M.F.M.F.M.F
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    No. VI.—Deaths Classified according to the principal Occupations; with the Mean Age at Death of Persons aged 20 and upwards; and the Chief Causes of Death calculated to every 100 Deaths.
    OCCUPATIONS.Number of Deaths.Mean Age at Death at 20, and over.Causes of Death, per Cent.
    At all Ages.Under 20.20 and over.Fever.Smallpox.Infant Diseases.Consumption.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    No. VII.—Monthly Meteorological Table, from Observations made at the Engineers Office, Guildhall, under the direction of Mr. Haywood.
    1856 MONTHS.Pressure of the Atmosphere.Temperature of the Air in the Month.Mean Temperature.Rain.fall in inches during the Mouth.
    Mean.Range.Highest.Lowest.Range.Mean.Of the Air.Of Wet Bulb.On the Hoof.On the Ground.
    Of all Highest.Of all Lowest.Daily Range.