London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

This page requires JavaScript

TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitcchapel District, for the Three Months ending 1st Oct., 1859.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4o4o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20and under 4040 and under 606u and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward147123407357517496
Small pox11022...1...16
Stomach and Diges
Measles10...............10
tive Organs.
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)3187............28
Peritonitis......1...11...3
Hooping Cough31...............4
Ascites...11...4......6
Croup11............2
Ulc. of Intestines
Thrush5..................5
Hernia (Rupture)
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint)70362......33114
(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)............2......2
Dysentery
Cholera22...1......5
InfluenzaIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below)1..................1
Scurvy and Purpura.........1.........1
Ague
Remittent Fever
Infantile FeverStricture of Intestinal
Typhus Fever...37738...28
Canal
Puerperal Fever (Metria).........1.........1
Disease of Stomach, &c.
Rheumatic Fever
Disease of (Esophagus.........1.........1
Erysipelas (Rose)2......31......6
Inflammation of the Liver......1............1
Syphilis3..................3
Noma (Canker)
Jaundice1............1...2
Hydrophobia
Disease of Liver............22...4
Diphtheria1..................1
Cirrhosis
II.—Dropsy, &c.
Disease of Spleen
Hæmorrhage............1......1
A uæmiaVIII. Kidney, &c.
Nephritis
Dropsy......1......4...5
Abscess (Gathering)......111......3
Nephria (Bright's dis ease.........11215
Ulcer
Tschuria
Fistula
Disease of Prostate
Mortification............22...4
Diabetes
Cancer.........22......4
Stone
Gout
Cystitis
III.—Tubercular :—Stricture of Urethra
Disease of Bladder
Scrofula1..................1IX. Childbirth:
Tabes Mesenterica171712.........37
Paramenia
Phthisis(Consumptn)12339247...76
Ovarian Dropsy
Hydrocephalus (water on the Brain)*85...............13
Childbirth(SeoMetria)............1......1
Disease of Uterus, &c............1......1
IV.—Brain & Nerves
Ext.Uterine Fœtation
Cephalitis......22.........4
X. Joints, Bones, &c
Apoplexy......11...439
Rheumatism
Palsy (Paralysis).........11427
Arthritis
Delirium Tremens.........21......3
Disease of Joints, &c.
Chorea......1............1
Spinal Disease......3............3
Epilepsy...............1...1
XI.—Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c
Tetanus
Insanity
Carbuncle...............1...1
Convulsions176...............23
Phlegmon
Disease of Brain, &c12...311...8
Disease of Skin, &c
Idiocy
XII. Malformation.
V.—Heart & BloodCyanosis
Spina Bifida
Vessels:—Other Malformations
Phlebitis
XIII Premature Birth & Debility .30..................30
Pericarditis......31.........4
Aneurism
XIV. Atrophy11...............2
Disease of Arteries
XV. Old Age...............101329
Disease of Heart, &e.......1384...16
XVI. Sudden
Uræmia
Sun Stroke
VI.—Lungs & Organs op Respiration:—XVII. Violent Death
Intemperance
Laryngitis
Privation of Food
Bronchitis213245...17
Want of Breast Milk
Pleurisy...............1...1
Neglect
Pneumonia862...22...20
Cold
Asthma............13...4
Poison...............1...1
Disease of Lungs............11...2
Burns and Scalds...3...211...7
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs:
Hanging............1......1
Suffocation
Teething11...............2
Drowning......11.........2
QuinseySuicide
Gastritis1...1......2Violence...13266...18
Enteritis112...2......6XVIII. Not Speci fied..........212...5
Carried Forward147123407357517195Grand Total18O1295082788121624