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SYNOPSIS
of
Medical Officer's Annual Report, 1880.
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Population l
The Population of London 3
Births and Deaths 5
Annual Death Rate 6
Births and Birth Rate 7
Marriages 7
Deaths of Infants 7
Deaths of Young Children 7
Deaths of Old People 8
Special causes of Death :—
Zymotic Diseases 8
Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases 8
Small Pox 10
Measles 18
Scarlatina 18
Diphtheria 19
Fever 19
Whooping Cough 20
Diarrhoea 20
Alcoholism 20
Constitutional Diseases 21
Tubercular Disease 21
Diseases of the Nervous System 21
Respiratory Organs 21
Childbirth 22
Inquests 22
Violent Deaths 22
Uncertified Deaths 23
Deaths in Public Institutions:—
Workhouse Infirmary 24
City of London Hospital, Victoria Park 24
Queen Adelaide's Dispensary 25
Bethnall House Lunatic Asylum 25
Mildmay Mission Hospital 25