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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 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE IV.Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1883.

TABLE IV.

Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1883.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of PopulationProportion of Deaths to I ,ooo Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases2544.3206
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis.)2774.7225
3. Tubercular Diseases1522.6123
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants1172.095
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants1272.1103

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