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Limehouse 1879

[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 Year,1879.Note.—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 Year,1879.

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		18	62	56	77	35	5	3	9	2		4	1	..	..	213	272
II	Constitutional Diseases		16	36	23	15	19	15	31	19	29	10	3	2	1	..	90	209
III	Local Diseases		62	97	87	47	23	10	21	39	61	69	55	32	7	..	293	610
IV	Developmental Diseases		65	21	8	2	1	1	3	..	..	2	10	19	9	..	96	141
V	Violent Deaths		6	6	..	6	9	3	16	12	6	5	..	1	..	..	18	70
Not specified or ill-defined			1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
Totals			168	222	174	147	87	34	75	79	98	86	72	55	17	..	711	1304
Class l. Zymotic Diseases. Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1	Smallpox		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
2	Measles		..	12	22	15	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49	49
3	Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)		..	4	10	31	25	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	45	71
4	Diphtheria		..	3	..	6	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	11
5	Quinsy		..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
6	Croup		1	4	3	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12	13
7	Whooping Cough		1	15	13	13	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	43
8	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
	Enteric or Typhoid Fever		..	..	..	2	3	3	1	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	13
	Simple Continued Fever		..	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3
9	Erysipelas		1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
10	Puerperal Fever(Metria)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11	Carbuncle		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
12	Influenza		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
13	Dysentery		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
14	Diarrhœa		9	21	8	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	1	..	..	40	44
15	Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
16	Ague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17	Remittent Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	• •	..
18 19	Rheumatism.................. Other Zymotic Diseases ......		•• ..	.. ..	•• ..	.. ..	•• ..	2 ..	.. ..	3 2	.. ..	.. ..	.. ..	.. ..	.. ..	.. ..	.. ..	5 2
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1	Syphilis		3	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5
2	Stricture of Urethra		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Hydrophobia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Glanders		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order 3.Dietic
1	Privation		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Stricture of Urethra		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Purpura and Scurvy		..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
4	Alcoholism	a. Del. Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
4	Alcoholism	b. Intemperance .	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 4— Parasitic.
1	Thrush		3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
2	Worms,&c.		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases Order 1.—Diathetic.
1	Gout		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
9,	Dropsy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
3	Cancer		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	4	5	1	1	..	..	..	14
4	Cancrum Oris (Noma)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Mortification		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1	Scrofula		2	1	3	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	8
2	Tabes Mesenterica		10	30	10	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	59
3	Phthisis		2	2	5	3	7	14	30	17	25	5	1	..	..	..	12	112
4	Hydrocephalus		2	3	5	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13	14
Class 3. Local Diseases. Order 1. - Nervous System.
1	Cephalitis		2	12	4	9	6	1	..	2	1	3	3	1	..	..	27	44
2	Apoplexy		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	4	8	8	6	2	1	..	..	30
3	Paralysis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	1	..	..	..	6
4	Insanity		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
b	Chorea		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Epilepsy		..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
7	Convulsions		21	17	13	5	l	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	56	57
8	Brain Disease,&c.		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	• •	..

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Limehouse 1879

Table: TABLE III.Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year,1879.Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.