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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 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
Limehouse53219887181215265Under 5 5 upwds.....6................261218..3402116161285
....2....4..........3......2764221212101247
Ratcliff2388436587728Under 5 5 upwds...12................8317....302..255120
..........2..............1..2032202536118
Shadwell and Wapping1706824575412Under 5 5 upwds.......................524..1271... .15192
............................2151311253078
East London Children's Hospital25311710927......Under 5 5 upwds.....6....1..........1327....752..7104226
..............................344..41227
Totals11934672565527283105Under 5 5 upwds...114....1..........402066..41727126371723
....2....6..........3..1265113571626179470
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 thereto56068772635249105Under 5 5 upwds.....13................11712..3241..766144
....7....15..............21665446136188416
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto184808519......Under 5 5 upwds.....5....1..........1115....611..377165
..............................243..1919