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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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This number is less by 190 than that registered in the
previous year.

Table: These deaths were distributed over the District as follows:—

These deaths were distributed over the District as follows:—

Limehouse554
Ratcliff231
Shadwell and Wapping169
East London Hospital for Children262
1,216
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto379
1.595
Deduct deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto210
1,385

Table: Compared with 1895 the causes of death were as follows:—

Compared with 1895 the causes of death were as follows:—

18951896IncreaseDecrease
Small Pox10—1
Scarlatina1714—3
Diptheria3635—1
Membranous Croup52—3
Enteric Fever102—8
Puerperal Fever11——
Erysipelas41—3
Measles8149—32
Whooping Cough425210
Diarrhoea & Dysentry4940—9
Rheumatic Fever23I
Phthisis170167—3
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy321251-70
Heart Disease110101—9
Influenza95-4
Injuries839613
All other Diseases634566—68
1,5751,38524214