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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TABLE VI.
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| DISEASES. | Ages at Death. | Sub-District with Population in 1871. | Sexes. | tOTALj | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | |||||||||||||
| Order I. Miasmatic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 36 | ||
| Scarlatina | 6 | 68 | 30 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 48 | 31 | 26 | 33 | 52 | 105 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Croup | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||
| Hooping Cough | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Continued Fever | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| metria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 36 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 45 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rheumatiom | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Order 2. Enthetic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Syphilis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Order 3. Dietic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Want of Breast Milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .... | 1 | 1 |
| Order 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. |
| Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Worms, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| II CONSTITUTIONAL. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Order 1 Diathetic | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dropsy | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 6 | .. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Noma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. |
| Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Order 2. Tubercular | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 34 | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| Phthisis | 4 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 38 | .. | .. | 44 | 39 | 19 | 50 | 52 | 102 |
| Hydrocephalus | 9 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| III. LOCAL. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Order I. Nervous System | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cephalitis | 6 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Apoplexy | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Paralysis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Convulsions | 68 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 46 | 97 |
| .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Order 2. Organs of Circulation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pericarditis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Aneurisim | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| 2 | .. | 7 | 5 | 19 | 14 | .. | 28 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| Order 3. Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Bronchitis | 35 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 36 | 5 | 84 | 42 | 1 | 71 | 79 | 150 |
| Pleurisy | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 7 | .. | 38 | 29 | .. | 52 | 31 | 83 |
| Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Order 4. Digestive Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 11 |
| Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Carried forward | 264 | 272 | 95 | 82 | 155 | 101 | 9 | 498 | 295 | 185 | 484 | 494 | 978 |