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Limehouse 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the Limehouse District (comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff) for the year 1897

Published
1898
Author
Thomas, Daniel Lewis.
Pages
40
Tables
19

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19 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Compared with 1896 the causes of death were as follows:—
    18961897Increase Decrease
  • Page 10
    relationship existing between high temperatures of the soil, and epidemic summer Diarrhœa.
    Week ending.No. of Cases.Mean Temperature of the Air.Week ending.No. of Cases.Mean Temperature of the Air.
  • Page 14
    LIST OF ARTICLES DISINFECTED IN THE APPARATUS.
    Articles.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total.
  • Page 16
    3 oatmeals and 1 rum were genuine.
    Articles.Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 17
    Continued from previous page...
    Articles.Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 18
    TABLE I. Table shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the Year 1897, and 10 years preceding.
    The Year.Estimated Population.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected No. of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Total All Ages.Under One Year.Under Five Years.
  • Page 19
    TABLE II. Table shewing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1897, and 10 Years preceding.
    In the Year.Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 20
    TABLE III. Shewing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1897, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    DIVISION I. (ADULTS).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of population at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of total deaths at all ages.
  • Page 21
    TABLE IV. Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1887 to 1806, and in the year 1897.
    Disease.1887188818891890189118921893189418951896Annual Average of 10 years, 1887—1896.Total Deaths in 1897.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1897.
  • Page 27
    TABLE V. —TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Limehouse, classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from All Causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)A tall ages.Under 1 Year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)Small FoxScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembra-nousCroupFevers.CholeraErysipelasMeaslesWhooping CoughDiarrhoea and DysenteryRheumatic FeverPhthisisBronchitis Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart DiseaseInfluenzaInjraiesAll Other DiseasesTotal
    TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
  • Page 32
    TABLE VI.—TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the Limehouse District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    12345678910111234567891011
    Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1897.Small PoxScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranuus CroupFevers.CholeraErysipelasSmall PoxScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.PuerperalCholeraErysipelas
    TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsing
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Page 34
    TABLE VII. INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c. Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1897.
    Sanitary Work, &c.No. 1 District.No. 2 District.No. 3 District.Total.
  • Page 35
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  • Page 36
    TABLE VIII. Shewing the Localities in which certain Diseases of a Zymotic character occurred during the year 1897.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 37
    TABLE VIII. (Continued).
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 38
    TABLE VIII. (Continued).
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 39
    TABLE VIII. (Continued).
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 40
    TABLE VIII. (Continued).
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 41
    TABLE VIII. (Continued).
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysip elas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.