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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

Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: LONDON HOSPITAL.—TABLE Xlll.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st January, 1859.

LONDON HOSPITAL.—TABLE Xlll.

Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st January, 1859.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 5.5 aud under 20.10 and under 40.40 and under .10.60 and under 5080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and unoer 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
i.—Zymotic:—Brought forward...1814134...40
Small PoxStomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)Hernia (Rupture)............1......1
Hooping CoughIleus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine
Croup
Thrush
Diarrhoea (bowel com- Plaint
Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
Dysentery
Cholera
influenze
Scurvy and Purpura AgueStricture of Intestinal Canal
Remittant FeverDisease of Stomach,.........11......2
Infantile Fever
Typhus FeverIlDisease of Pancreas
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Inflammation of Liver Jaundice
Rheumatic FeverDisease of Liver1
Erysipelas (Rose)112Cirrhosis
SyphilisDisease of Spleen
Noma (Canker)VIII.—Kidney, &c. Nephritis
Hydrophobia
DiphtheriaNephria (Brigbt's disease).........13......4
II. Dropty, &c.
HæmorrhageIschuria
AnæmiaDisease of Prostate...............2...2
DropsyDiabetes
Abscess (Gathering)......12...1...4Stone
UlcerCystitis
Fistula...............1...1Stricture of Urethra
Mortification.........11......2Disease of Bladder
CancerIX.—Childbirth.
GoutExt Uterine Foetation
III.—TubercularOvarian Dropsy Childbirth(seeMetria)
Tabes MesentericaDisease of Uterus, &c.......1............1
Phtliisis(Consumptn)1225X.—Joints, Bones, &c.
H ydrocephal us (water on the brain)Rheumatism
Arthritis
IV.—Brain & NervesDisease of Joints, &c.......1............1
CephslitisSpinal Disease......12.........3
Apoplexy............1......1XI —Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c.
Palsy (Paralysis).........1...l...2
Delirium TremensCarbuncle
Chorea............1......1Phlegmon
EpilepsyDisease of Skin, &c
TetanusXII.—Malformation
InsanityCvanosis
ConvulsionsSpina Bifida
Disease of Brain, &c.Other Malformations
Idiocy
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—XIII. — Premature Birth & Debility.
PyaemiaXIV.—AtropAy.
Pericarditis
AneurismXV.—Old Age.
Disense of Arteries......1231...7
Disease of Heart, &c.XVI. Sudden Deaths
VI—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—XVII.Violent Death Intemperance
Laryngitis...1...............1Privation of Food
Bronchitis.........11......2Want of Breast Milk
Pleurisy......1............1Neglect
Pneumonia......311......5Cold
AsthmaPoison
Disease of LungsBurns aud Scalds...63......1...10
VI. — Stomach and Digestive Organs:Hanging
Suffocation
TeethingDrowning
QuinseyWounds
gastritisViolence...159121...28
Enteritis
Peritonitis.........1.........3XVIII.—Not Specified..........12......3
Ascites............1......1
Ulc. of Intestines
Carried forward...1814134...40Grand Total...819283389S