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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diseases.
Ages at Death.
Sub-District with
Population in 1871.
Sexes.
Total.
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.
30,025
Ratcliff.
15,93o.
| Shadwell &
Wapping.
1 11,623.
Males.
Females,
I ZYMOTIC.
Order 1. Miasmatic
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Small Pox
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Measles
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Scarlatina
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Croup
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Metria
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Pyæmia
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Influenza
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Dysentery
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Cholera
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Ague
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Rheumatism
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Order 2, Enthetic
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Syphilis
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Hydrophobia
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Order 3. Dietic
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Want of Breast Milk
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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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Dropsy
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Mortification
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Order 2. Tubercular
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Scrofula
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Tabes Mesenterica
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Phthisis
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Hydroceohalus
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III. LOCAL.
Order 1. Nervous System
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Cephalitis
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Cephalitis
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Paralysis
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Convulsions
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Order 2. Organs of Circulation,.
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Heart Diseases, &c.
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Order 3. Respiratory Organs
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Laryngitis
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Bronchitis
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Asthma
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Lung Diseases, &c.
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Order 4. Digestive Organs
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Gastritis
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Enteritis
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Peritonitis
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Carried forward
72
69
15
24
57
36
3
143
80
53
125
151
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