Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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No. V.—Classification of Deaths according to Causes, during the Year 1864; and a Comparison with the Averages of the last Nine Years.
City Districts and Population in 1861. | Violence, Privation, Premature Mirth, and Poison. | Tubercular Diseases. | Convulsions and Teething. | Zymotic Diseases. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma. | Others, chiefly chronic. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Phthisis. | Tabes and Scrofula. | Hydrocephalus. | Alvine Flux. | Continued Fever. | Scarlet-Fever. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough Croup, & Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | ||||||||
Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||||||||
East London Union (Population 41,282) | 1864. | 47 | 151 | 78 | 27 | 65 | 7 | 40 | 44 | 50 | 5 | 42 | 57 | 5 | 169 | 307 | 1094 |
Average | 49 | 131 | 74 | 35 | 67 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 53 | 13 | 36 | 67 | 7 | 207 | 297 | 1132 | |
West London Union (Population 26,739) | 1864. | 47 | 94 | 42 | 17 | 44 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 5 | 124 | 242 | 795 |
Average | 45 | 102 | 55 | 23 | 3S | 17 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 133 | 210 | 757 | ||
City of London Union (Population 46,451) | 1864. | 61 | 125 | 42 | 11 | 54 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 41 | 10 | 38 | 32 | 7 | 159 | 370 | 1011 |
Average | 65 | 126 | 48 | 60 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 5 | 163 | 349 | 1021 | ||
Entire City (Population 114,472) | 1864. | 155 | 370 | 162 | 55 | 163 | 20 | 85 | 105 | 122 | 22 | 130 | 123 | 17 | 452 | 919 | 2900 |
Average | 159 | 359 | 177 | 82 | 162 | 34 | 67 | 114 | 114 | 29 | 79 | 157 | 18 | 503 | 856 | 2910 |