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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

Limehouse 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE III.Shewing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1896, 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.

TABLE III.

Shewing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1896, 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 totaldeaths at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases2013.4145
2. Pulmonary Diseases2514.4181
8. Principal Tubercular Diseases1672.8120
DIVISION II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births.Deaths per lOOOoftotal deaths under one year.
4. Wasting Diseases8944241
5. Convulsive Diseases8843240

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NOTICE.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous
Croup, Whooping Cough, Influenza, Typhus, Puerperal, Enteric
(or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and Diarrhæa; 27
of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond the limits of
the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Packets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.