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Limehouse 1880

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Table: 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.

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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.
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	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	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism	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

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Limehouse 1880

Table: 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.