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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 1898

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 1898

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Table: TABLE V.—TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Limehouse, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE V.—TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Limehouse, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from All Causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages.Under 1 Year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.123i5678910111213141516171819202122
(Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Small PoxScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous CroupFevers.CholeraErysipelasMeaslesWhooping CoughDiarrhoea and DysenteryRheumatic FeverPhthisisBronchitis Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart DiseaseInfluenzaInjuriesAll Other DiseasesTotal
TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
Limehouse52721511551510869Under 5...1...1...............1...373848......51...112140336
5 upwds................2.....................214237187781197
Ratcliff22872366138021Under 5......2........................3812......24......950108
5 upwds.......1.........1..................2...2723215634120
Shadwell and Wapping1524134564620Under 5......2........................7111...218......13375
5 upwds................1........................112512283677
East London Children's Hospital3552191092511...Under 5......4..................4...9681......592...8155328
5 upwds................1...............1......3......5121427
Totals12625472944135235110Under 5...181...............5...5663142...21522130378841
5 upwds.......1......41............1...458165561523165421
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto48360762319203102Under 5......315.....................10415......222...659136
5 upwds......15...5..................1......533943421175347
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto2731718121.........Under 5......4..................4...7659......422...4124252
5 upwds...............1...............1......2......512921