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Limehouse 1881

[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, 1882.
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
20
61
52
61
27
11
5
11
2
3
..
..
..
..
194
253
II. Constitutional Diseases
7
22
27
17
12
9
22
27
18
13
8
1
..
..
73
183
III. Local Diseases
57
75
63
38
41
24
39
43
47
64
35
19
4
..
233
549
IV. Developmental Diseases
44
16
7
4
..
..
3
2
2
..
4
16
17
1
71
116
V. Violent Deaths
13
6
..
4
5
9
10
11
4
3
1
1
..
..
23
67
Not specified or ill-defined
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Totals
141
181
149
124
85
53
79
94
73
83
48
37
21
1
595
1169
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1 Smallpox
..
3
..
1
2
4
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
12
2 Measles
..
10
19
19
2
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
48
52
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
..
..
7
9
4
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
16
22
4 Diptheria
..
..
1
4
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
8
5 Quinsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6 Croup
1
6
2
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17
17
7 Whooping Cough
..
6
17
14
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
37
41
8
Typhus Fever
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
..
..
..
1
8
2
2
2
1
1
..
..
..
..
1
17
Simple Continued Fever
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
4
9 Erysipelas
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
10 Puerperal Fever (Metria)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11 Carbuncle
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
12 Influenza
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
13 Dysentery
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
14 Diarrhœa
1
31
..
3
..
l
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
54
55
15 Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
16 Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17 Remittent Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
18 Rheumatism
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
4
19 Other Zymotic Diseases
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1 Syphilis
4
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
6
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
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
b. Intemperance
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1 Thrush
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
3
2 Worms, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1 Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2 Dropsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
3 Cancer
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
3
5
..
..
..
..
10
4 Cancrum Oris (Noma)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 Mortification
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1 Scrofula
..
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
4
2 Tabes Mesenterica
7
14
13
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
39
39
3 Phthisis
..
..
5
10
12
9
22
27
15
10
3
..
..
..
15
113
4 Hydrocephalus
..
7
7
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
15
15
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1 Cephalitis
1
13
8
5
6
9
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
27
44
2 Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
7
9
6
2
..
..
..
29
3 Paralysis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
..
..
2
2
..
..
7
4 Insanity
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
2
5 Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6 Epilepsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
7 Convulsions
31
16
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
51
51
8 Brain Disease, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..