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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
Lewisham 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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APPENDIX.
T able I.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Limehouse. acres 240. (1861). Population 26,977. | Ratcliff, acres 113. population 16826. | Shadwell, acres 68. Population 7,905. | Wapping. acres 41. Population 3,921. | Total Population of the Limehouse District 55,267. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Zymotic | 149 | 99 | 39 | 13 | 300 |
| 2. | Diathetic | 18 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 44 |
| 3. | Tubercular | 110 | 96 | 21 | 18 | 245 |
| 4. | Brain and Nerves | 44 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 117 |
| 5. | Heart, &c. | 13 | 5 | 8 | 33 | |
| 6. | Lungs, &c. | 79 | 60 | 38 | 38 | 215 |
| 7. | Digestive, &c. | 47 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 80 |
| 8. | Kidneys, &c. | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 |
| 9. | Childbirth, &c. | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10. | Joints and Bones, &c. | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 7 |
| 11. | Skin, &c. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 12. | Malformations | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 13. | Premature Birth and Debility | 25 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 67 |
| 14. | Old Age | 27 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 77 |
| 15. | Violent and Sudden | 44 | 44 | 31 | 21 | 140 |
| 559 | 436 | 181 | 160 | 1336 | ||