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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Limehouse 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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TABLE IV.,
Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases,
and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 deaths, 1878.
Total
Deaths
Deaths per
l,000 of
Population
Proportion
of Deaths
to l,000
Deaths
1, Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases
285
4.7
192
2. Pulmonary Diseases
(other than Phthisis.)
295
4.9
199
3. Tubercular Diseases
166
2.7
112
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants
131
2.1
88
5. Convulsive Diseases of
Infants
108
1.8
73
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of
Breast Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis,
Convulsions, and Teething.