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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

Stepney 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: This Table shows the number of Deaths at all ages in 1900, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

This Table shows the number of Deaths at all ages in 1900, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

DIVISION I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of population at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of total deaths at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases22237145
2. Pulmonary Diseases2664.5174
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1953.3127.5
DIVISION II. (Infants under one year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births.Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under * one year.
4. Wasting Diseases8646.7200
5. Convulsive Diseases6635.8153.8

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NOTICE.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Membranous Croup, Whooping Cough, Typhus, Puerperal,
Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued
Fevers, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions,
and Teething.