[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse] page 11

Lewisham 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: Note.— The Deaths of non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District. are excladedand the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond thelimits of the District. are included.

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Note.— The Deaths of non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District. are excladed

and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the

limits of the District. are included.

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	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	58 and upwards.	Total under 5 Years.	Total	55 to 60
Classes.
1 Zymotic diseases	..	103	127	..	25	7	3	7	1	5	1	1	..	..	280	3
II. Parasitic Diseases	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
III. Dietic Diseases	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	..	..	..	..	6	1
IV. Constitutional Diseases	..	59	39	..	24	22	30	37	a	17	17	1	..	..	288	9
V. Developmental Diseases	..	25	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	22	37	16	..	102	..
VI. Local diseases	..	114	110	..	23	30	45	50	96	114	84	39	1	..	706	47
VII. Violent Deaths	..	17	2	..	6	10	6	10	8	7	4	..	..	..	70	3
VIII. Not specified or ill-defined	..	24	2	..	2	2	2	2	2	1	..	..	..	..	37	1
Totals	..	345	280	..	80	71	95	107	142	147	128	78	17	..	1490	64
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Vaccinated	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
1 Smallpox Unvaccinated	..	2	3	..	8	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	..
No Statement	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	..
2 Measles	..	20	65	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	87	..
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)	..	7	20	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	32	..
4 Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
5 Whooping Cough	..	25	24	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49	..
6 Diphtheria	..	8	8	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	20	..
7 Simple Continued Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
8 Enteric or Typhoid Fever	..	..	2	..	3	2	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	..
9 Other Miasmatic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
1 Diarrhœa, Dysentery	..	32	5	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	1	1	..	..	42	2
1 Remittent Fever..............	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2 Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
1 Cowpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2 Other Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 5 —Venereal Diseases.
1 Syphilis	..	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	..
Order 6.—Septic Diseases.
1 Erysipelas	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	3	..	..	..	..	8	1
2 Pyæmia, Septicaemia Class 2. Parasitic Diseases.	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
1 Thrush	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 3. Dietic Diseases.
1 Want of Breast Milk	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..
2. Chronic Alcoholism	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	3	..
3 Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
1 Rheumatic Fever
2 Rheumatism.	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..
3 Gout	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	3	..	2	1	..	..	..	3	1
4 Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..
5 Cancer	..	1	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	..
6 Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	11	8	10	..	..	..	33	6
7 Hydrocephalus	..	37	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	..
8 Phthisis	..	17	16	..	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	..
9 Scrofula	..	4	6	..	8	20	38	30	22	7	5	1	..	..	141	..
10 Purpura	..	..	4	• •	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	..
11 Other Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Class 5. Developmental Diseases	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
1 Premature Birth
2 Atelectasis	..	22	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	22	..
3 Congenital Malformations	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4 Old Age	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 6. Local Diseases.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	22	37	16	..	3	..
Order 1. Nervous System.
1 Inflammation of Brain
2 Apoplexy	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	..	1	..	5	..	..	..	10	..
3 Insanity	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	5	11	13	9	2	..	..	44	2
4 Epilepsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	..
5 Convulsions	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	..	..	11	1
6 Stridulus	..	30	9	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	..
7 Paralysis Agitans	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
8 Other Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	2	5	1	1	..	12	..
	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	3	2	..	..	11	1

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

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Table: Note.— The Deaths of non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District. are excladedand the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond thelimits of the District. are included.

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