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Limehouse 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE III.

Deaths registered in The Limehouse District in the13weeks ended Sept. 25th,1869.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub Distrirt and Population.Sexes.Total.
Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 2020 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Limehouse. 30.000Ratcliff. 17,000.Shadwell &c. Wapping. 13,000.Males.Females.
1. ZYMOTIC
Order I. Miasmatic..........................
Small Pox11..........2....2..2
Measles13..........31..134
Scarlatina326121......21156192342
Diphtheria..2............112..2
Quinsy..........................
Croup..1............1..11
Hooping Cough615..........810371421
Typhus Fever......212..23..235
Erysipelas..1..........1......11
Metria..........................
Carbuncle..........................
Pyæmia..........................
Influenza..........................
Dysentery..........2..11..112
Diarrhœa369..111..151518282048
Cholera..........................
Ague..........................
Remittent Fever........1......1....11
Rheumatism....111....21..123
Order 2.Enthetic..........................
Syphilis3............2..1123
Stricture of Urethra..........................
Hydrophobia..........................
Order 3 Dietic..........................
Privation..........................
Want of Breast Milk..........................
Purpura and Scurvy..........................
Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens ...........................
Intemperance..........................
Order 4...........................
Thrush..........................
Worms. &c...........................
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 1. Diathetic..........................
Gout..........................
Dropsy....1........1......11
Cancer........12..21..123
Noma..........................
Mortification..........................
Order 2 Tubercular..........................
Scrofula..........................
Tabes Mesenterica177..........1365141024
Phthisis..25882..1195131225
Hydrocephalus3..1........211134
III LOCAL.
Order 1. Nervous System..........................
Cephalitis..41..1....231516
Apoplexy......1131231426
Paralysis..........1..1....1..1
Insanity..........................
Chorea..........................
Epilepsy..1..1........2..112
Convulsions186..........1059111324
Brain Disease, &c...........................
Order 2. Organs of Circulation..........................
Pericarditis..........................
Aneurism......1..........11..1
Heart Disease, &c.....231311364610
Order 3. Respiratory Organs..........................
Laryngitis........1....1....1..1
Bronchitis35....23..73331013
Pleurisy..........................
Pneumonia41511......136281321
Asthma........11..11....22
Lung Disease, &c...1..........1....1..1
Order 4. Digestive Organs..........................
Gastritis..........................
Enteritis..11..2......22314
Peritonitis......1......1......11
Carried forward............951002521222021269366136149285