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

TABLE XIV.—LONDON HOSPITAL.

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

Causes of Death,0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.0 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
T.—Zymotic :—Brought forward...291013539
Small PoxStomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)Peritonitis.........1.........1
Hooping CoughAscites............1......1
CroupUlc. of Intestines ,
ThrushHernia (Rupture)............4......4
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint......1...1......2Ileus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the MuscularCoat of the Intestine............1......I
Dysentery
Cholera
InfluenzaIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.) Stricture of Intestinal Canal.........1.........1
Scurvy and Purpura
Ague
Remittent Fever
Infantile Fever
Typhus Fever......2............2
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of Stomach, &c
Rheumatic FeverDisease of (Esophagus............1......1
Erysipelas (Rose)Inflammation of Liver
Syphilis.........1.........1Jaundice
Cynanche(Tonsill)......1............1Disease of Liver
HydrophobiaCirrhosis............1......1
Diphtheria...1...............1Disease of Pancreas
II.—Dropsy, &c:—VIII.—Kidney, &c.
HæmorrhageNephritis
AnæmiaNephria (Bright's dis- ease).........22......4
Dropsy
Abscess (Gathering)......1............1Ischuria
Ulcer........1.....1Disease of Prostate...............1...1
FistulaDiabetes............1......1
Mortification...............1...1Stone
Cancer.........13......4Cystits
GoutStricture of Urethra
Disease of RectumDisease of Bladder
III.—Tubercular :—IX.—Childbirth.
ScrofulaExt.Uterine Fœtation
Tabes Mesenterica.Ovarian Dropsy.........1.........1
Phthisis(Consumptn)......121......4Childbirth (seeMetria)
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)Disease of Uterus, &c.............1......1
X.—Joints,Bones,Ac.
IV.—Brain & NervesRheumatism
Arthritis
CephalitisDisease of Joints, &c.
Apoplexy...............2...2Spinal Disease
Palsy (Paralysis).........1.........1XI.—Skin, Cellular Tissue,&c.
Delirium Tremens
ChoreaCarbuncle
EpilepsyPhlegmon
Tetanus......1............1Disease of Skin, &c
InsanityXII.—Malformation
ConvulsionsCyanosis
Disease of Brain, &c....11......1...3Spina Bifida
IdiocyOther Malformations
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—XIII. — Premature Birth & Debility.
PhlebitisXIV.—-Atrophy.
PericarditisXV.—Old Age. *..................12
AneurismXVI. SuddenDeaths (causes unknown.)
Disease of Arteries
Disease of Heart, &c.......1221...6
XVII.Violent Death
Uræmia
Intemperance............1......1
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration
Privation of Food
Want of Breast Milk
Laryngitis
Neglect
Bronchitis.........33......6
Cold
Pleurisy
Poison......1...1......2
Pneumonia
Burns and Scalds...56......1...12
Asthma
Hanging
Disease of Lungs............1......1
Suffocation
VI. — Stomach and Digestive Organs :
Drowning
Suicide. Cut throat
Teething
Violence......2445...15
Quinsey
XVIII.—Not Specified.
Gastritis............1......1
Enteritis
Carried forward...2910136...39Grand Total718193113189