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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 VI.
TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Limehouse District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shewn as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming, to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1896. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | |||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (o) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Limehouse | 32181 | 32917 | 1205 | Under 5 | ... | 71 | 71 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 37 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 5 upwds. | 7 | 126 | 93 | ... | ... | 19 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 47 | 7 | 75 | 56 | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ||||
| Ratcliff | 14928 | 14954 | 473 | Under 5 | ... | 30 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 16 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 44 | 25 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | ... | 34 | 15 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||||
| Shad well and Wapping | 10490 | 10434 | 334 | Under 5 | ... | 26 | 21 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 42 | 26 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ... | 37 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
| East London Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | 57599 | 58305 | 2012 | Under 5 | ... | 127 | 118 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | 77 | 66 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 5 upwds. | 7 | 218 | 147 | ... | ... | 30 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 93 | 7 | 152 | 91 | ... | ... | 12 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | ||||