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Limehouse 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Sanitary work done in the Limehouse District in the year ended
day, 1870.
Houses inspected 1,366
New Ash-pits provided 121
Drains trapped 172
Houses cleansed, &c 206
Yards repaved 125
Water laid on to 13
Drains unstopped 100
Cesspools filled up 6
Water Receptacles repaired 28
Waste Preventers provided 7
Defective Water Closets repaired 30
GEORGE HURLOCK,
WALTER BURGIN,
THOMAS STACE,
Inspectors,

Table: Deaths registered in the Limehouse District in the 52 weeks ended March 26th, 1870.

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Deaths registered in the Limehouse District in the 52 weeks ended March 26th, 1870.

DISEASES.	Ages at Death.							Sub District and Population.			Sexes.		Total.
DISEASES.	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 & Wapping. 13,000.	Males.	Females.	Total.
Brought forward	349	406	..	96	141	122	8	560	384	292	629	607	1236
Ascities	..	..	..	2	3	5	..	3	6	1	6	4	10
Ulceration of Intestines	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	1
Hernia	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	2	2
Ileus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Intussuception	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Stricture of intestines	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	2	..	2	1	3	4
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Stomatch Disease, &c.	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	1	1	2
Pancreas Disease , &c.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hepatitis	..	..	..	2	4	1	..	3	2	2	1	6	7
Jaundice	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	1	2
Liver Disease, &c .	..	..	..	1	4	5	..	4	5	1	6	4	10
Spleen Disease, &c.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 5. urinary organs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nephritis	1	9	4	..	1	..	..	2	4	9	11	4	15
Ischuria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bright's Disease, &c .	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	2
Diabetes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Calculus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cystitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kidney Disease, &c.	..	..	..	2	1	2	..	..	4	1	5	..	5
Order 6. Organs of generation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ovarian Dropy	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1
0Uterus disease, &c.	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	2	1	..	3	3
Onder 7. Organs of Locomotion	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Arthritis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	1
Joint disease, &c.	..	..	..	1	3	..	..	4	..	1	3	2	5
Order 8. Integumentry System	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Phlegmon	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	1	3
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Skin Disease, &c.	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1
IV DEVELOPMENTAL Order 1. Diseases of Children.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	3	4	4	9	13
Premature birth	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	1	2
Cyanosis	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	2
Spina bifida	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1
Other Malformations	l	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	4	1	9	5	14
Teething	6	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2. Disease of adults	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2. Diseases of adults Paramenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Childbirth	..	..	..	5	2	..	..	1	4	2	..	7	7
Order 3 old age	..	..	..	..	..	32	17	27	3	19	19	30	49
Order 4. Diseases of Nutrition	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Atrophy and Debility	36	3	..	..	..	..	..	23	14	2	22	17	39
V .VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1.. Accident or Negligence	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fractures and contusions	2	2	2	3	2	1	..	3	3	6	11	1	12
Wounds	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Burns and Scalds	..	2	2	..	..	1	..	2	3	..	3	2	5
Poison	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Drowning	..	..	11	19	7	..	..	8	4	25	33	4	37
Suffocation	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	3	3	4	6	10
Otherwise	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 3. Homicide	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Murder and Manslaughter	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1
Order 4 Suicide	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Wounds - Cut,Stab,Shot	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Poison	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Drowning	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1
Hanging	..	..	..	..	2	2	..	2	2	..	2	2	4
Otherwise	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudden Deaths, (cause unascer tained)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Causes not specified, or ill- defined	5	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	3	3	4	2	6
TOTAL	434	433	135	132	178	175	26	674	461	373	783	730	1513

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Table: Deaths registered in the Limehouse District in the 52 weeks ended March 26th, 1870.