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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

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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.
Small Pox. .........711......•9....
Measles2092146316728149635752.75335.3
Scarlet Fever27155273141171412519.41•6
Diphtheria4125152862424135262534.03020.0
Membranous Croup..............231•6....
Whooping Cough2370595949284252376248.12416
Influenza..............55192.91812
FeverTyphu1......1..........•2....
Enteric-13146..166103488.02114
Simple contn'd1....6..........1•8....
Puerprl..............11..2....
Diarrhœa4752492756224940619049.35436
Totals173268148210238212241201212268217.1201133.9