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Limehouse 1899

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 1899

Published
1900
Author
Thomas, Daniel Lewis.
Pages
56
Tables
20

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20 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Compared with 1898, the causes of death were:—
    1898.1899.Increase.Decrease
  • Page 23
    40 milks were taken on Sundays, and these were more adulterated than the others.
    Article.Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 24
    Continued from previous page...
    Article.Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 25
    TABLE I. Table shewing the Population, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the Year 1899, 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 26
    TABLE II. Table shewing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1899, 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 27
    TABLE III. Shewing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1899, 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 28
    TABLE IV. Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in 10 years, 1889 to 1898, and in the year 1899.
    Disease.1889189018911892189318941895189618971898Annual Average of 10 years, 1889—1898.Total Deaths in 1899.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1899.
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    TABLE V. —TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1899, 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.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages. (b)Under 1 Year. (c)1 and under 5 (d)5 and under 15 (e)15 and under 25 (f)25 and under 65 (g)65 and upwards (h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
    ( Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a)Small Pox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous CroupFevers.Cholera.ErysipelasMeaslesWhooping CoughDiarrhœa and DysenteryRheumatic FeverPhthisisBronchitis Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart DiseaseInfluenzaInjuriesAll Other DiseasesTotal.
    TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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    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 1899, in the Limehouse District; 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 localitiesPopulation at all Ages.Registered Birlhs.Aged under 5 or over 5.New 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 Hospitals.
    Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1899.12345678910111234567891011
    Small PoxScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous CroupFevkhs.CholeraErysipelasSmall PoxScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranons CroupfeversCholeraErysipelas
    TyphusEnt< l ie or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Page 32
    INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c. Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1899.
    Sanitary Work, &o.No. 1 District.No. 2 District.No. 3 District.Total.
  • Page 33
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 34
    LIST OF ARTICLES DISINFECTED IN THE APPARATUS, From January 1st to December 31st, 1899.
    Articles.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total.
  • Page 35
    TABLE VII. Showing the Localities in which certain Diseases of a Zymotic character occurred during the year 1899, with total number of deaths from all causes.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. ofDeaths from all Causes.
  • Page 36
    Table VII.— Continued.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 37
    T able VII.— Continued.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.ScarlatinaEnteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 38
    Table VII.— Continued.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.ScanatmaEnteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 39
    T able VII.— Continued.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.ScarlatinaEnteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 40
    Table YII.— Continued.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 41
    Table VII.— Continued.
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.ScarlatinaEnteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 42
    T able VII.— Continued
    Locality.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.ScarlatinaEnteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total No. of Cases.Total No. of Deaths from all Causes.