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City of London 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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No. VIII.— Classification of Deaths according to Causes, during the Year 1863, and a Comparison with the Averages of the last Eight Years.

City Districts and Population in 1861Violence, Privation, Premature Birth, and Poison.Tubercular Diseases.Convulsions and Teething.Zymotic Diseases.Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma.Others, chieily chronicTotal.
Phthisis.Tabes and Scrofula.Hydrocephalus.Alvine Flux.Continued Fever.Scarlet. Fever.Small. Pox.Measles.Whoop. ing Cough Croup,& Diphtheria.Erysi. pelas.
Adults.Children.
EastLondonUnion (Population 41,282;1863.4610769365911275110318395561802741081
Average501347435711534474613366872132951138
WestLondonUnion (Population 26,739)1863.62955218365173035917409135224784
Average431035523358173523721365133210754
City of London*] Union (Population 46,451)1863.71122991865613326617144851552741005
Average64126422459111832328235651643581022
Entire City (Population 114,472)1863.1793242207216022571132044470143204707722870
Average1573631718216534691141012880160175108632914