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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
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
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Compared with 1896 the causes of death were as follows:—
| 1896 | 1897 | Increase Decrease | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 12 | - | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 35 | 26 | - | 9 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 8 63 | 7 | - |
| Measles | 49 | 14 | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 52 | 37 | - | 15 |
| Diarrhoea & Dysentry | 40 | 61 | 21 | - |
| Cholera Infantum | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Phthisis | 167 | 149 | - | 18 |
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia | ||||
| and Pleurisy | 251 | 260 | 9 | - |
| Heart Disease | 101 | 125 | 24 | - |
| Influenza | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Injuries | 96 | 86 | - | 10 |
| All other Diseases | 566 | 617 | 51 | - |
| 1385 | 1462 | 131 | 54 | |
The excess of births over deaths in 1897 was 535.
In 1896 the excess of births over deaths was 627
1895 „ „ „ 475
1894 „ „ „ 515
1893 „ „ „ 357
The following is a list of the outlying Institutions and other
places where residents of the Limehouse District died during
the year:—
3, Alma Cottages, Harrow Road 1
66, Albany Street, Regents Park 1
Brook Fever Hospital 5
Bolingbroke Hospital 1
Brampton Hospital 2
Banstead Asylum 4
Bethlem Asylum 1
Cane Hill Asylum 4
Claybury Asylum 1