London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1864
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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TABLE VI.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
| DISEASES. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
| Fever | 26 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 104 |
| Small Pox | 5 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 46 |
| Measles | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Scarlatina | 23 | 34 | 53 | 44 | 154 |
| Cynanche Maligna and Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Diarrhoea of Adults. | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| Do. Children under 3 yrs. | - | 6 | 43 | 2 | 51 |
| Cholera | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 40 |
| Croup | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Diseases of Abdominal Organs | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c., of Children under 3 years | 36 | 23 | 13 | 38 | 110 |
| Do. of Adults | 47 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 119 |
| Pulmonary Consumption | 54 | 48 | 42 | 50 | 194 |
| Water on the Brain and Convulsions of Infants | 26 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 80 |
| Teething | 18 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 43 |
| Dropsy | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 43 |
| Cancer | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| Hernia | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Diseases of Heart and large Bloodvessels | 23 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 56 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 36 | 27 | 28 | 41 | 132 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 43 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 137 |
| Violence, Privation, and Poison | 19 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 29 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 108 |
| Natural Decay | 36 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 128 |
| Total | 483 | 423 | 419 | 421 | 1746 |