Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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
1
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.
T
Zymotic Diseases
28
61
64
104
26
9
7
4
2
2
1
1
1
..
257
310
II.
Constitutional Diseases
13
24
18
5
9
14
23
22
20
23
6
..
60
177
III.
Local Diseases
50
83
60
o;
34
21
24
39
39
61
43
15
1
..
260
537
IV.
Developmental Diseases
b4
22
12
3
2
1
8
4
4
0
15
4
..
91
135
V.
Violent Deaths
V
10
5
3
9
12
9
9
b
2
2
..
..
..
25
73
Not specitied or ill-defined
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Totals
152
200
159
182
80
57
71
78
66
92
58,
31
6
693
1232
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1 Smallpox
..
1
..
1
..
5
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
8
2 Measles
2
2
14
6
1..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
24
25
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
..
4
10
30
14
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
44
59
4Diphtheria
..
..
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
4
5 Quinsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6 Croup
5
3
3
18
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
29
29
7 Whooping Cough
6
24
31
43
9
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
104
113
8
Typhus Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
..
..
..
..
1
1
2
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
8
Simple Continued Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
9 Erysipelas
2
2
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
5
9
10 Puerperal Fever (Metral)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Carbuncle
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Influenza
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
••
13 Dysentery
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
14 Diarrhoea
10
22
2
4
..
..
2
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
38
42
15 Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
16 Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Remittent Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
18 Rheumatism
..
..
..
..
..
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
19 Other Zymotic Diseases
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
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
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
4 Alcoholism
a. Del. Tremens..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
b. Intemperance
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1 Thrush
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
2 Worms, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.—Diathetic.
•
1 Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2 Dropsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
3 Cancer
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
1
8
6
3
..
..
..
..
21
4 Cancrum Oris (Noma)
1
1
1
Mortification
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
••
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1 Scrofula
1
2
..
..
2
..
..
l
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
7
2 Tabes Mescnterica
10
15
15
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
41
41
3 Phthisis
1
..
2
2
7
14
20
20
10
17
2
..
..
..
6
96
4 Hydrocephalus
1
0
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
9
9
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1 Cephalitis
..
14
6
11
8
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
31
43
2 Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
6
8
4
3
..
..
..
26
3 Paralysis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
5
1
1
..
..
11
4 Insanity
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
5 Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6 Epilepsy
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
7 Convulsions
27
19
6
12
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
64
65
8 Brain Disease, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1