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

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Clerkenwell 1864

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

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Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus (in Fever Hospital.)TOTALS.Deaths from all causes.
185765142846547 + (9)2951406
185856964615531 + (8)2851477
185992482876831 + (6)3011374
1860103950623827 + (5)2261383
1861022951077244 + (17)3401494
1862176133534270 + (9)3751572
18632644146665242 + (8)3761509
186477394718746 + (9)3781735

789 deaths occurred from all causes in infants and children under
5 years of age. In the preceding 7 years the numbers were 663, 656,
628, 624, 707, 724, and 728.
351 deaths took place in persons at and above 60, including 55
at and above 80; the corresponding number for the preceding year
being 248.
347 deaths took place from pulmonary diseases, the number for
the preceding year being 262.
167 deaths at all ages in the Workhouse, 91 of them occuring in
persons at and above 60. The number of deaths at all ages, in 1859,
was 120; in 1860, 137; in 1861, 160; in 1862, 172; and in 1863, 158.
42 deaths took place in the House of Correction; and 5 in the
House of Detention; the numbers forthe preceding year being 21 and 1.
The accidental deaths were 22, against 19 in 1863, viz: 5 from
fractures and contusions, 6 from burns and scalds, 9 from suffocation,
and 2 from other causes.
One death arose from murder, that of a newly-born infant; and
8 deaths from suicide, viz: 2 from poison, 5 from hanging, and 1 from
a violent fall.