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Lewisham 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE IV.

Deaths registerea in the Limenouse ????????

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 6060 and under 80.80 and above.Limehouse. 30,,025Ratcliff. 15,930.Shadwell Wapping. 11,623Males.Females.
I. ZYMOTIC.
Order 1. Miasmatic..........................
Small Pox..........................
Measles..2..........1..1..2..
Scarlatima22714........16151225184
DiphtheriaI................11....
Quinsy..............................
Croup..51........33..33..
Hooping Cough..1..........1....1....
Typhoid Fever....41......3..214..
Typhus Fever........2......2..11..
Continued Fever....1..........1..1....
Erysipelas..1......2..3....21..
Metria..........................
Carbuncle..........................
Pyæmia..........................
Influenza..........................
Dysentery........1........11..1
Diarrhœa284......2116127211435
Cholera..........................
Ague..........................
Remittent Fever..........................
Rheumatism....1..........1....11
Order 2 . Enthetic..........................
Syphilis1................1..11
Stricture of Urethra..........................
Hydrophobia............................
Order 3. Dietic..........................
Privation..........................
Want of Breast Milk..........................
Purpura and Scurvy..........................
Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens..........................
Intemperance........1....1......11
Order 4........................
Thrush......................
Worms. &c...........................
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 1. Diathetic..........................
Gout..........................
Dropsy..2....1.......21213
Cancer........1........1..11
Noma..........................
Mortification......................
Order 2. Tubercular..........................
Scrofula Scrofula........................
Tabes Mesenterica135..........122412618
Phthisis232105....976111122
Hydrocephalus221........122325
iii. LOCAL.
Order 1. Nervous System..........................
Cephalitis..12........12..3..3
Apoplexy....1..35..45..639
Paralysis..........4..2..2234
Insanity..........................
Chorea..........................
Epilepsy..........................
Convulsions1742........98611..1
Brain Diseases, &c...........................
Order 2. Organs of Circulation..........................
Pericarditis..........................
Aneurisim..........1....1....11
Heart Diseases, &c.........1........11..1
Order 3. Respiratory Organs....2152..53264
Laryngitis...........................
Bronchitis............................
Pleurisy34....443115281018
Pneumonia..11..1......3..3..3
Asthma534..1....5355813
Lung Diseases, &c.............................
Order 4. Digestive Organs..........................
Gastritis..........................
Enteritis........1....1....1..1
Peritonitis1....2......1..1..22
Carried forward75653615272041067759132110242