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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No. V.—
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. | Continued Fever. | Scarlel Fever | Small Pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough, Croup, & Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | ||||||||
Adults. | Children . | ||||||||||||||||
East London Union (Population 41,282) | 1870 | 29 | 98 | 65 | 13 | 64 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 56 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 145 | 239 | 833 |
Average | 46 | 131 | 67 | 23 | 59 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 42 | 8 | 32 | 61 | 6 | 162 | 272 | 997 | |
West London Union (Population 26,739) | 1870 | 29 | 74 | 22 | 11 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 84 | 162 | 513 |
Average | 43 | 91 | 49 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 120 | 208 | 698 | |
City of London Union (Population 46,451) | 1870 | 44 | 81 | 25 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 122 | 261 | 679 |
Average | 59 | 113 | 42 | 12 | 49 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 4 | 143 | 307 | 879 | |
Entire City (Population 114,472 | 1870 | 102 | 253 | 117 | 31 | 134 | 13 | 45 | 54 | 127 | 3 | 48 | 74 | 11 | 351 | 662 | 2025 |
Average | 148 | 335 | 158 | 50 | 145 | 30 | 64 | 101 | 90 | 21 | 71 | 135 | 14 | 425 | 787 | 2574 |
Total number of Houses Inspected in 1870 18305. Requiring Amendment, 1536.
Average ,, ,, ,, 10 years 14434. ,, „ 2990.