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Table: 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.

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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.
Cause of Death.			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	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism	(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.		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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Lewisham 1876

Table: 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.