Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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Deaths registered in the Limehouse District in the 13 weeks ended Jun, 26th, 1869.
DISEASES.
Ages at Death.
Sub-District and
Population.
Sexes.
Under 1.
1 and
under 5.
5 and
under 20.
20 and
under 40.
40 and
under 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
above.
Limehouse.
30,000.
Ratcliff.
17.000.
Shadwell &c.
Wapping.
13,000.
Males.
Females.
TotaL
1. ZYMOTIC.
Order 1. Miasmatic
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Small Pox
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Measles
2
1
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1
1
1
2
1
3
Scarlatina
10
23
9
1
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22
16
5
24
19
43
Dophtheria
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2
1
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1
1
1
3
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3
Quinsy
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Croup
2
4
1
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4
3
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6
1
7
Hooping Cough
5
16
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9
10
2
9
12
21
Typhus Fever
4
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2
2
1
3
2
5
Erysipelas
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1
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1
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1
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1
Metria
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Carbuncle
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Pyæmia
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1
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1
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1
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1
Influenza
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Dysentery
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Diarrhœa
3
1
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1
2
1
1
3
4
Cholera
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Ague
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Remitted Fever
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1
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1
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1
1
Rheumatism
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1
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1
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1
1
2
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2
Order 2. Entheric
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Syphilis
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1
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1
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1
Stricture of Urethra
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1
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1
1
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1
Hydrophohia
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Order 3. Dietic
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Privation
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Want of Breast Milk
1
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1
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1
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1
Purpura and Scurvy
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1
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1
1
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1
Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens.
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Intemperance
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Order 4.
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Thrush
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Worms, &c,
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II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 1. Diathetic
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Gout
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1
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1
1
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1
Dropsy
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Cancer
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1
3
1
3
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1
5
2
2
6
8
Noma
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Mortification
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Order 2. Tubercular
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Scrofula
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2
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1
1
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2
2
Tabes Mesenterica
5
2
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4
3
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5
2
7
Phthisis
1
2
4
18
11
1
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18
4
15
18
19
37
Hydrocephalus
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4
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4
3
4
6
5
11
III. LOCAL.
Order 1 Nervous System
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Cephalitis
3
7
2
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1
1
4
6
4
10
4
14
Apoplexy
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1
4
3
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5
1
2
3
5
8
Paralysis
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3
3
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4
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2
2
4
6
Insanity
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Cholera
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Epilepsy
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1
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1
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1
Convulsions
8
4
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1
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6
2
5
7
6
13
Brain Disease,&c.
1
1
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2
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1
1
2
Order 2. Organs of Circulation
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1
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Pericarditis
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1
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1
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1
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1
Aneurism
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Heart Disease, &c.
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3
1
5
3
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4
5
3
5
7
12
Order 3. Respiratory Organs
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Laryngitis
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1
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1
1
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1
Bronchitis
18
6
1
3
9
8
1
19
19
8
21
25
46
Pleurisy
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Pneumonia
12
7
2
4
1
2
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15
9
4
17
11
28
Asthma
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Lung Disease, &c.
1
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1
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1
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1
Order 4 Digestive Organs
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Gastritis
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Enteritis
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3
3
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4
2
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3
3
6
Peritonitis
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Carried forward
79
86
26
32
47
28
2
135
99
66
160
140
300