London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Clerkenwell 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St James & St John]

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The number of deaths occurring from the principal Zymotic diseases was 375 ; the kind of diseases, as also the number occurring during the preceding 5 years, are shown in the subjoined table :

Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus. (In fever Hospital.)TOTALS.
1857 -65142846547 + (9)295
1858 -56964615531 + (8)285
1859 -92482876831 + (6)301
1860 -103950623827 + (5)226
1861 -022951077244 + (17)340
1862 -176133534270 + (9)375

724 deaths occurred in infants and children under 5 years of age.
The numbers for the preceding five years were 663, 656, 628, 624, and
707-
321 deaths took place at and above 60, including 43 at and above
80; the corresponding numbers for the preceding year being 318, and 50.
311 deaths arose from Tubercular or Consumptive diseases, against
279 in 1861.
266 deaths arose from Pulmonary diseases, against 284 in 1861.
172 deaths took place in the Workhouse; 106 being those of
males, and 66 of females. The number was 120 in 1859; 137 in 1860,
and 160 in 1861.
16 deaths occurred in the House of Correction; and 2 in the
House of Detention.
The accidental deaths were 23, against 17 in 1861. Of these, 11
arose from the suffocation of Infants; 1 from choking by food; 4 from
burns and scalds; 1 from the administration of syrup of poppies by a
female; 3 from children being run over; and 3 from other injui-ies.
On reviewing the above data, it is seen that the mortality of the
district during the past year has increased; the deaths having been 78
more than in the preceding year, and 126 more than the average of the
last 10 years.