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Limehouse 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: 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.

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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.
Cause of Death.		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..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4 Alcoholism	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

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Limehouse 1882

Table: 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.