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Lewisham 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE III.

Table: Deaths registered in the Limehouse District in the Quarter ended June 27th,187

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Deaths registered in the Limehouse District in the Quarter ended June 27th,187

DISEASES.	Ages at Death.							Sub-District with Population in 1871.			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. 30,025	Ratcliff. 15,930	Shadwell & Wapping. 11,623.	Males.	Females.	Total
I. ZYMOTIC.
Order 1. Miasmatic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Small Pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	2	5	..	..	..	..	..	3	4	..	3	4	7
Scarlatina	1	7	2	..	..	..	..	6	3	1	5	5	10
Diptheria	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1
Quinsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croup	1	6	..	..	..	..	..	5	1	1	3	4	7
Hooping Cough	6	5	1	..	..	..	..	9	1	2	6	6	12
Typhoid Fever	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1	3	4
Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Continued Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Metria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carbuncle	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pyaemia	..	..	..	....	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœ	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatism	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Order2. Enthetic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	1	2
Stricture of Urethra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 3. Dietic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Privation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Want of Breast Milk	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1
Purpura and Scurvy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1
Intemperance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Thrush	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Worms,&c.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 1. Diathetic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	...	..	..
Gout	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dropsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cancer	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Noma	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	1	1	1	..	3	3
Mortification	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2. Tubercular	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scrofula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tabes Mesenterica	5	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	4	..	4	3	7
Phthisis	..	4	2	11	10	..	..	13	12	2	14	13	27
Hydrocephalus	4	2	..	..	..	..	..	5	..	1	5	1	6
III. LOCAL.
Order 1. Nervous System	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cephalitis	3	3	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	2	..	6	6
Apoplexy	..	..	..	1	3	2	..	3	2	1	1	5	6
Paralysis	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	1	2	..	2
Insanity	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chorea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epilepsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Convulsions	11	7	..	..	..	..	..	9	7	2	13	5	18
Brain Diseases, &c.	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	1
Order 2. Organs of Circulation.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pericarditis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Aneurisim	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Heart Diseases, &c.	..	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 3. Respiratory Organs	..	..	2	..	5	2	..	5	4	..	6	3	9
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	..	2
Pleurisy	9	7	..	..	4	3	..	16	3	4	11	12	23
Pneumonia	..	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	..	..	3	3
Asthma	3	6	3	2	1	..	..	7	7	1	9	6	15
Lung Diseases,&c.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 4. Digestive Organs .	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Peritonitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carried forward	55	59	12	l6	26	16	..	101	59	24	96	88	184

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