Weekly return of births and deaths (infectious diseases, weather) in London (and other great towns). |
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accident or negligence aged ASYLUMS average Averages of Tempe Bethnal Green Births Camberwell Causes CAUSES OF DEATH Chelsea Church classed clear cloudy Cols corrected corresponding daily Deaths in LONDON Deaths Registered died Disease Drowning EAST DISTRICTS fell Females fever George Giles Greenwich Hackney Highest HOSPITALS Hoxton increased Islington John June June Kensington Lambeth last week London City Lowest Males March Mary Marylebone Mean Temperature Measles Mile End morning names Newington noon NORTH DISTRICTS North-west observed Old Town ORDER ORGANS Paddington placed Point population Positive preceding PRISONS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS Rain rature registered REGISTRARS result rheumatic fever Road Scarlatina Shoreditch shown Small-pox South Southwark Square sub-district SUICIDE Superintendence Table taken Thames thermometers throughout the day Typhus upwards Violent Deaths Week ending Saturday West London Westminster Whitechapel Whooping-cough WORKHOUSES
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Page 3 - rheumatic fever " are classed with " rheumatism ; " of " hemorrhage," and " abscess," with the diseases of the organs affected. Cases of "neglect" and "cold," except when the result of privation, (Class I. 3. — 1,) are placed (with notes) under deaths by "accident or negligence,
Page 146 - Railroad Accidents." NOTE.— Cases of " infantile fever " are classed with those of typhoid, relapsing, and other continued fevers, under one name " typhus." Cases of " rheumatic fever " are classed with " rheumatism ; " of " hemorrhage," and " abscess," with the diseases of the organs affected. Cases of "neglect" and "cold," except when the result of privation, (Class I.
Page 80 - Mortification, . ORDER 2. — Tubercular. II. 2. — 1. Scrofula, 2. Tabes Mesenterica, 3. Phthisis (Consumption of Lungs,) 4. Hydrocephalus, .... CLASS III. LOCAL DISEASES. ORDER 1. — Nervous System. III. 1.— 1. Cephalitis 2. Apoplexy, .... 3. Paralysis, .... 4. Insanity, .... 5. Chorea, .... 6. Epilepsy, .... 7. Tetanus, .... 8. Convulsions, 9. Brain Diseases,* fyc., . SUPPLEMENTAL LIST.
Page 179 - LIST. CLASS V. VIOLENT DEATHS* ORDER 1. — Accident or Negligence. V. 1. — 1. Fractures and Contusions,* . 2. Wounds, .... 3. Burns and Scalds, . . 4. Poison, 5. Drowning, .... 6. Suffocation, .... 7. Otherwise, .... ORDER 2.— In Battle.
Page 364 - At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-740 in.
Page 10 - ORDER 4. — Parasitic. I. 4.— 1. Thrush, 2. Worms, &c., .. CLASS II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. ORDER 1.
Page vi - ... taught in any of our medical schools; it is not formally the subject of examination in our universities. The father of a family does not go to the doctor and say, " How can I preserve my health, make my children well and vigorous, and develop all their faculties to the fullest extent...
Page 19 - III. 4.— 1. Gastritis .... 2. Enteritis .... 3. Peritonitis 4. Ascites .... 5. Ulceration of Intestines . 6. Hernia .... 7. Ileus .... 8. Intussusception 9. Stricture of Intestines 10. Fistula .... 11. Stomach Diseases, &o.
Page vi - A beginning of a movement has been made in the right direction under Sir Benjamin Hall's Act, Medical Health Officers are appointed in all the London districts, and many of them are working courageously in the midst of unhealthy places, and against ignorant opposition, with success. Their reports are replete with interesting facts, and contain many words in season of sanitary truth, well calculated to influence and direct the Boards. They have deserved the public approbation ; for they have done...
Page 191 - stricture of the urethra " is almost invariably the result of gonorrhoea, it is classed as I. 2. — 2. All cases of death returned "unknown...
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| Title | Weekly return of births and deaths (infectious diseases, weather) in London (and other great towns). |
| Author | Registrar-general |
| Published | 1859 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Nov 2006 |
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