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Limehouse 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE III.
Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year, 1880.
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
18
75
79
92
51
4
1
3
2
2
1
1
..
..
264
329
II. Constitutional Diseases
12
29
33
12
10
10
24
29
15
8
6
2
..
86
190
III. Local Diseases
54
79
73
65
30
17
15
48
48
79
61
24
4
..
271
588
IV. Developmental Diseases
63
l5
10
3
3
1
4
2
1
1
5
12
6
..
91
126
V. Violent Deaths
10
5
4
..
6
7
7
6
4
4
4
.
..
..
19
56
Not specified or ill-defined
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Totals
157
214
189
172
99
39
51
88
70
85
77
39
10
..
732
1290
Class l. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1
Smallpox
1
..
2
..
1
..
.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
5
2
Measles
..
6
14
12
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
32
37
3
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
3
12
17
46
31
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
78
111
4
Diptheria
..
..
..
4
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
8
5
Quinsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
Croup
..
3
6
12
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
21
27
7
Whooping Cough
5
10
26
15
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
62
62
8
Typhus Fever
..
1
..
1
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
5
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
Simple Continued Fever
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
9
Erysipelas
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
2
10
Puerperal Fever (Metria)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11
Carbuncle
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
12
Influenza
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
13
Dysentery
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
3
14
Diarrhoea
8
32
11
1
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
52
56
15
Cholera
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
16
Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17
Remittent Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
18
Rheumatism
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
19
Other Zymotic Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1
Syphilis
..
3
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
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
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
b. Intemperance
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1
Thrush
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
2
Worms. &c
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.— Diathetic.
1
Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
2
Dropsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
3
Cancer
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
5
2
1
2
..
..
..
12
4
Cancrum Oris (Noma)
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
5
Mortification
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1
Scrofula
..
2
2
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
6
2
Tabes Mesenterica
12
30
18
4
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
64
66
3
Phthisis
..
1
1
5
7
9
24
26
10
6
..
..
..
..
7
92
4
Hydrocephalus
..
0
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
10
10
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1
Cephalitis
1
13
7
9
5
1
..
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
30
40
2
Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
3
9
7
3
..
..
..
26
3
Paraiysis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
5
8
4
..
..
..
19
4
Insanity
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
Epilepsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
4
7
Convulsions
26
12
7
5
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
50
50