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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LIMEHOUSEUSE.
Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year 1876.
Note-The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.
Cause of Death.
AGES.
Under
3 months
0
to
1
1
to
2
2
to
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
to
95
95 and
upwards
Total
under
5 Years.
Total.
Classes.
I.
Zymotic Diseases
7
40
25
39
1
1
1
1
2
2
..
..
..
..
111
132
II.
Constitutional Diseases
12
21
11
4
12
15
13
8
9
1
..
..
..
..
48
112
III.
Local Diseases
27
52
31
24
8
8
27
30
38
29
13
3
..
..
134
313
IV
Developmental Diseases
31
12
6
3
3
1
..
1
..
6
6
4
..
..
52
73
V.
Violent Deaths
1
1
2
..
2
7
4
1
1
2
..
..
..
..
6
25
Not specifeed or ill-defined
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Totals
80
126
75
70
26
32
45
41
50
40
19
7
••
••
351
655
Class I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order I.—Miasmatic.
1
Smallpox
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
2
2
Measles
..
1
4
6
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11
13
3
Scarlet Fevr (Scarlatina)
..
1
6
13
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
20
26
4
Diphtheria
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
5
Quinsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
Croup
..
1
6
7
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
14
15
7
Whooping Cough
..
10
2
5
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17
18
8
Typhus Fever
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
..
..
..
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
4
Simple Continued Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
9
Erysipelas
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
5
10
Puerperal Fever (Metria)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11
Carbuncle
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
Influenza
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
13
Dysentery
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
14
Diarrhœa
4
22
6
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
34
34
15
Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
16
Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17
Remittent Fever
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
18
Rheumatism
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
4
19
Other Zymotic Diseases
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1
Syphilis
2
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
5
2
Stricture of Urethra
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Hydrophobia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Glanders
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 3.—Dietic.
1
Privation
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Want of Breast Milk
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Purpura and Scurvy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Alcoholism
( a Del. Tremens
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
(a Intemperance
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1
Thrush
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Worms, &.c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1. — Diathetic.
1
Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
Dropsy
..
..
..
..
2
..
1
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
5
3
Cancer
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
5
4
Cancrum Oris (Noma)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Mortification
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 2. — Tubercular
1
Scrofula
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
7
2
Tabes Mesenterica
10
16
7
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
35
35
3
Phthisis
2
2
2
1
4
12
14
11
5
6
1
..
..
..
7
60
4
Hydrocephalus
..
3
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
5
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1, —Nervous System.
1
Cephalitis
..
6
3
4
3
2
1
2
3
1
..
1
..
..
13
26
2
Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
3
3
..
..
..
..
10
3
Paralysis
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
3
..
2
..
..
..
6
4
Insanity
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
Epilepsy
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
6
7
Convulsion
l6
11
6
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
36
37
8
Brain Disesse, &.c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..