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Limehouse 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE II.

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..........................
Small Pox..........................
Measles21..........111213
Scarlatina102391......22165241943
Dophtheria..21........1113••3
Quinsy..........................
Croup241........43..617
Hooping Cough516..........910291221
Typhus Fever4....221325
Erysipelas........1....1....1..1
Metria..........................
Carbuncle..........................
Pyæmia....1..........1..1..1
Influenza..........................
Dysentery..........................
Diarrhœa31..........121134
Cholera..........................
Ague..........................
Remitted Fever..1..........1......11
Rheumatism....1..1......112..2
Order 2. Entheric..........................
Syphilis..1............1......1
Stricture of Urethra........1........11..1
Hydrophohia..........................
Order 3. Dietic..........................
Privation..........................
Want of Breast Milk1............1....1..1
Purpura and Scurvy......1..........11..1
Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens...........................
Intemperance..........................
Order 4...........................
Thrush..........................
Worms, &c,..........................
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 1. Diathetic..........................
Gout..........1......11..1
Dropsy..........................
Cancer....1313..152268
Noma..........................
Mortification..........................
Order 2. Tubercular..........................
Scrofula..2............11..22
Tabes Mesenterica52..........43..527
Phthisis12418111..18415181937
Hydrocephalus74..........4346511
III. LOCAL.
Order 1 Nervous System..........................
Cephalitis372....1146410414
Apoplexy......143..512358
Paralysis........33..4..2246
Insanity........................
Cholera..........................
Epilepsy........1....1......1
Convulsions84....1....6257613
Brain Disease,&c.11..........2....112
Order 2. Organs of Circulation........1................
Pericarditis........1......1..1..1
Aneurism..........................
Heart Disease, &c.....3153..4535712
Order 3. Respiratory Organs..........................
Laryngitis..1..............11..1
Bronchitis1861398119198212546
Pleurisy..........................
Pneumonia1272412..1594171128
Asthma..........................
Lung Disease, &c.1............1....1..1
Order 4 Digestive Organs..........................
Gastritis..........................
Enteritis........33..42..336
Peritonitis..........................
Carried forward79862632472821359966160140300