[Report 1868] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough.
- Leicester (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: [Report 1868] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1000 of the whole population ; shewing a natural increase by the excess of births over deaths of 1144, excluding the deaths of persons who came from a distance and died in the Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum. The causes of death, classified according to the Registrar General, were as follows ;— Class 1. From Zymotic Diseases. Orders 1, 2, 3, & 4, including Fever, Measles, Diarrhoea, &c. 1st quarter 185, 2nd quarter 134, 3rd quarter 354, 4th quarter, 51. Total, 724. Class 2. From Constitutional Diseases. Order 1. Diathetic Diseases, including Cancer, Dropsy, &c.—1st quarter 17, 2nd quarter 18, 3rd quarter 18. 4th quarter 1/. Total, 70. Shewing a surprising equability of mortality in each quarter. 0] dei 2. I ubercular Diseases, including Consumption, Hydrocephalus, Scrofula—1st quarter 61, 2nd quarter 82, 3rd quarter 89, 4th quarter 63. Total of the two Orders, 295 Class 3. Diseases of the Nervous System, Order 1, including Diseases of the Brain and Spine, Apoplexy, Paralysis, Convulsions, &c.—1st quarter 90, 2nd quaiter 81, 3rd quarter 66, 4th quarter 83. Total, 320. Order 2. Diseases of the Circulation, including Diseases ol the Heart and Blood Vessels—1st quarter 24, 2nd quarter 24, 3rd quarter 15, 4th quarter 35. Total, 98.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29724776_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
