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 London, City of]
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City Districts and PopuLation in 1861. | Violence, Privation, Premature Birth, and Poison. | Tubercular Diseases. | Convulsions and Teething. | Zymotic Diseases. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma. | Others, chiefly chronic. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Phthisis. | Tabes and Scrofula. | Hydrocephalus. | Alvine | Flux. | Con. tinued Fever. | Scarlet-Fever. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Whoop-ing Cough Croup, & Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | |||||||
Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||||||||
East London Union (Population 41,282) | 1867 | 48 | 121 | 54 | 17 | 49 | 26 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 114 | 244 | 809 |
Average | 47 | 131 | 73 | 32 | 65 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 45 | 11 | 37 | 67 | 7 | 188 | 285 | 1077 | |
West London Union (Population 26,739) | 1867 | 53 | 88 | 32 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 93 | 196 | 572 |
Average | 46 | 97 | 54 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 129 | 210 | 745 | |
City of London Union (Population 46,451) | 1867. | 59 | 116 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 134 | 283 | 756 |
Average | 63 | 121 | 47 | 18 | 57 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 156 | 337 | 977 | |
Entire City (Population 114,472) | 1867. | 160 | 325 | 115 | 29 | 115 | 43 | 60 | 70 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 70 | 12 | 341 | 723 | 2137 |
Average | 156 | 349 | 174 | 70 | 159 | 34 | 67 | 107 | 95 | 25 | 83 | 159 | 16 | 473 | 832 | 2799 |