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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St James & St John]
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REGISTERED IN CLERKENWELL DURING 1857.
| Under 5 years | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Measles | 48 | 4 | 52 | ||||||
| Scarlat | 32 | 10 | 2 | 45 | |||||
| Hooping C | 83 | 1 | 84 | ||||||
| Croup | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Thrush | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Diarrh. | 57 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 66 | |||
| Dysentery | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||
| Influen. | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ague | 1 | ||||||||
| Remitt. F. | 1 | ||||||||
| Infan. F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Typhus | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 48 | |||
| Metria | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Rheum. F. | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Erysip. | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Syphilis | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| Noma | |||||||||
| Hydrophob | 348 | ||||||||
| Dropsy, Cancer, and others of u ncertain seat. | Hæmorr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Dropsy | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| Abscess | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Ulcer | |||||||||
| Fistula | 1 | ||||||||
| Mortif | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cancer | 9 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
| Gout | 1 | 4 | 5 | 54 | |||||
| Tubercular Class. | Scrofula | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Table M. | 48 | 2 | 50 | ||||||
| Phthisis | 11 | 15 | 90 | 52 | 10 | 178 | |||
| Hydroceph | 34 | 1 | 35 | 274 | |||||
| Diseases of Brain, Nervous Syst., &c. | Cephal. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Apoplex | 1 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 26 | ||||
| Paralys. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Delir. Tr. Chorea | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Epilep | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Tetanus | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Insanity | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Convul. | 37 | 37 | 115 | ||||||
| Brain | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | ||
| 417 | 63 | 118 | 105 | 81 | 7 | 791 | |||