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City of London 1863

[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.
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)1864.4715178276574044505425751693071094
Average491317435671533485313366772072971132
West London Union (Population 26,739)1864.47944217447252631750345124242795
Average4510255233S8173425721366133210757
City of London Union (Population 46,451)1864.61125421154620354110383271593701011
Average65126482460111732369225451633491021
Entire City (Population 114,472)1864.15537016255163208510512222130123174529192900
Average1593591778216234671141142979157185038562910