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Limehouse 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year1878Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

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TABLE III.

Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year1878

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 i5	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			24	77	61	69	23	12	4	4	2	5	4	2	1	..	231
II. Constitutional Diseases			16	39	24	10	9	14	18	22	24	21	8	..	..	..	89
III. Local Diseases			35	84	73	42	27	20	21	37	37	72	5o	24	4	..	234
IV. Developmental Diseases			50	22	11	..	..	1	1	1	..	1	6	28	9	1	83
V. Violent Deaths			15	9	1	4	11	6	10	11	3	4	2	1	..	..	29
Not specified or ill-defined			1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1
Totals			141	231	170	125	70	52	54	75	67	104	70	55	14	I	667	12
Class I. Zymotic Diseases Order I—Miasmatic.
I Smallpox			2	1	6	2	5	4	1	2	1	..	..		..	..	11
2 Measles			..	5	9	14	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	28
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlitna)			..	1	2	12	1	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	15
4 Diphtheria			..	..	2	6	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8
5 Quinsy			..	..				..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
6 Croup			..	3	4	9	2	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16
7 Whooping Cought			5	33	22	19	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	79	1
8	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	..	1	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric or Typhoid Fever		..	..	..	1	6	4	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	I	1
	Simple continued Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..
9 Erysipelas			1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
10 Puerperal lever (Metria)			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11 Carbuncle			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
12 Influenza			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. .
13 Dysentery			1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
14 Diarrhoea			8	30	13	5	I	..	..	..	1	1	2	2	I	..	56
15 Cholera			..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
16 Ague			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17 Remittent Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
18 Rheumatism			..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
19 Other Zymotic Diseases			..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	I	..	..	..	2
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1 Syphilis			5	1	1	..	..	..	..	..		..		..	..	..	7
2 Stricture of Urethra			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3 Hydrophobia			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4 Glanders			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Older 3.—Die tic.
1 Privation			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2 Want of Breast Milk			2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
3 Purpura and Scurvy			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..'!
4 Alcoholism		a. Del. Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4 Alcoholism		b Intemperance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
Order 4 —Parasitic.
1 Thrush			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1 2 Worms, &c			..	..	..	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 2 Constitutional Diseases Order 1.—Diathetic.
I Gout			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	I
2 Dropsy			..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	4	3	2	..	..	..	..	II
3 Cancer			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	6	4	..	..	..	..	13
4 Cancrum Oris (Noma)			2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
5 Mortification			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2.— Tubercular.
1 Scrofula			..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
2 Tabes Mesenterica			14	36	11	6	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	68
3 Phthisis			..	3	3	2	4	14	18	21	18	10	2	..	..	..	18	95
4 Hydrocephalus			..		8	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	11
Class 3. Local Diseases. Order 1 —Nervous System
1 Cephalitis			..	7	7	13	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	..	..	..	27	39
2 Apoplexy			..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	3	6	3	4	..	..	..	18
3 Paralysis			..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	4	2	5	..	..	..	12
4 Insanity			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		1	..	..	..	..	..	1
5 Chorea			..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..
6 Epilepsy			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	3
7 Convulsions			12	22	6	4	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	44	47
8 Brain Disease, &c			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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Limehouse 1878

Table: TABLE III.Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year1878Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.