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Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE XV.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District , for the Three Months ending 31st Dec., 1859.

TABLE XV.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District , for the Three Months ending 31st Dec., 1859.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 404o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal,
I.—Zymotic :—Brought forward84124476294524467
Small Pox511421......23Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles114...............15
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)22612............40Peritonitis......122......5
Hooping Cough...1...............1Ascites............3......3
Croup.....................1Ulc. of Intestines
Thrush.....................1Hernia............4......4
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint)552...31...16(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)............12...3
Dysentery
Cholera
InfluenzaIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below,)
Scurvy and Purpura
Ague
Remittent Fever...1...............1
Infantile Fever
Stricture of Intestinal Canal.........1.........1
Typhus Fever...25473122
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of Stomach, &c.
Rheumatie FeverDisease of œsophagus............1......1
Erysipelas (Rose)2.........1......3Inflammation of the Liver............21...3
Syphilis5......1.........6
Cynache Tonsill...1............1Jaundice1..................1
HydrophobiaDisease of Liver
Diphtheria...3...............3Cirrhosis............1......1
II.—Dropsy, &c.Disease of Spleen
Hæmorrhage1.....................VIII. Kidney, &c.
AnæmiaNephritis1..................1
Dropsy...212...4...8Nephria (Bright's dis- ease.........22......4
Abscess (Gathering)1...21.........4
Ulcer...1......11...3Ischuria
FistulaDisease of Prostate...............1...1
Mortification1............2...3Diabetes............1......1
Cenver.........141...6Stone
Gout...............1...1Cystitis Stricture of Urethra
XII —Tubercular :—Disease of Bladder
Scrofula121............4IX. Childbirth :
Tabes Mesenterica1021............13Paramenia
Phthisis(Consumptn)13429...3...64Ovarian Dropsy.........1.........1
Hydrocephal us (water on the Brain)14...............5Childbirth (SeeMetria).........3.........3
Disease of Uterus, &c............1......1
IV.—Brain & NervesExt.Uterine Fœtation
Cephalitis...1...............1X. Joints, Bones, &c
Apoplexy.........446...11Rheumatism
Palsy (Paralysis).........443213Arthritis
Delirium TremensDisease of Joints, &c.
ChoreaSpinal Disease
Epilepsy......1............1XI.—Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c
Tetanus......1............1
InsanityCarbuncle
Convulsions2031............24Phlegmon
Disease of Brain, &c...12...12...6Disease of Skin, &c11...............2
IdiocyXII. Malformation.
Cyanosis
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels :—Spina Bifida1..................1
Other Malformations
PhlebitisXIII Premature
Pericarditis......1...1......2Birth & Debility16..................16
AneurismXIV. Atrophy.....................2
Disease of ArteriesXV. Old Age............2...1128
Disease of Heart, &e....136132126XVI. Sudden
UraemiaSun Stroke
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—XVII. Vioi.entDeath
Intemperance............1......1
Laryngitis...1111......4Privation of Food
Bronchitis613172016...63Want of Breast Milk
PleurisyNeglect
Pneumonia19243333...55Cold
Asthma.........134...8Poison......1...1......2
Disease of Lungs.........1......1Burns and Scalds...66......1...13
VII.—Stomach and Digestive OrgansHanging.........11......2
Suffocation5...1............6
Teething31...............4Drowning.........2.........2
QuinseySuicide
Gastritis............2......2Violence...13465...19
Enteritis_XVIII. Not Specified,.........111...3
Carried Forward84124476 294524467Grand Total11113259791247815598