Weekly return of births and deaths (infectious diseases, weather) in London (and other great towns). |
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accident or negligence Ages ALL AGES anemometer ASYLUMS average number Averages of Tempe Bethnal Green Camberwell Causes not specified CAUSES OF DEATH Chelsea North-west Clerkenwell corresponding weeks Deaths in Districts DEATHS in LONDON Deaths not classed Deaths of Persons Dew Point Diarrhoea diphtheria EAST DISTRICTS End Old Town Erysipelas Giles Glaisher Greenwich Hackney Haggerstone HOSPITALS Hoxton Hoxton New Town Infantile fever Islington West July July July June June June Kensington Lambeth Church Lewisham line following London City Mar Mar Mar Mary Marylebone Marylebone H Mean daily Mean Temp Mean Temperature Measles Metria Mile End Mile End Old Newington Nov Nov Nov Olave Southwark opposite the day Paddington Pancras rature Registered LAST WEEK Rotherhithe Royal Observatory Scarlatina self-regis Shoreditch Small-pox SOUTH DISTRICTS Southwark sub-district Table which comprises throughout the day Typhus Violent Deaths Week ending Saturday West London North Whitechapel Whooping-cough Woolwich Dockyard WORKHOUSES
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Page 11 - 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 156 - 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 90 - 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 189 - 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 376 - At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-740 in.
Page 18 - 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 24 - 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 201 - stricture of the urethra " is almost invariably the result of gonorrhoea, it is classed as I. 2. — 2. All cases of death returned "unknown...