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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Limehouse 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE II.Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, for the year 1882, and 10 years preceding.

TABLE II.

Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, for the year 1882, and 10 years preceding.

Birth rate per 1,000 of the population.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000 living.Deaths of Children under 1 year ; per centage of Total Deaths.Per centage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 5 years ; per centage of Total Deaths.Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions.
188238.825241547237
18813724.323.214.841.7258
18803826.224.017.047.5250
18793625.925.017.045.7250
18783524.725.016.045.0255
18773725.024.016.045.0269
18763724.529.017.053.0250
18753625.828.019.047.0204
18743621.025.016.046.0176
18733523.027.019.050.0200
18723419.029.015.052.0190
Average of 10 yrs. 1872-81.36.123.925.916.647.2230.2

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
2. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
3. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions,
and Teething.