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Whitechapel 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE VII.—LONDON HOSPITAL.

Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life,registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 3lst March, 1860

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 l.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward......714187...46
Small PoxStomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Few)Peritonitis......1............1
Hooping CoughAscites
CroupUlc. of Intestines
ThrushHernia (Rupture)............2......2
DiarrHœa (bowel complaint)Ileus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the MuscularCoat of the Intestine
Dysentery
Cholera
InfluenzaIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
Scurvy and PurpuraAgue
Remittent Fever
Infantile FeverStricture of Intestinal Canal
Typhus Fever......12.........3
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of Stomach,&c.2
Rheumatic FeverDisease of (Esophagus Inflammation of Liver Jaundice2
Erysipelas (Rose)
Syphilis
Cynanche(Tonsill)Diseases of Liver
HydrophobiaCirrhosis12...3
DiphtheriaDisease of Pancreas
II.—Dropsy, &c:—VIII.—Kidney, &c.
HaemorrhageNephritis
Anaemia
Nephria (Bright's disease)......115......7
Dropsy............1...1
Abscess (Gathering)...1............1Ischuria
UlcerDisease of Prostate
FistulaDiabetes
MortificationStone
Cancer............2......2Cystitis
GoutStricture of Urethra
Disease of RectumDisease of Blandder
III.—Tubercular:-IX.-Childbirth................1...1
ScrofulaExt. Uterine Fœtation
Tabes Mesenterica......1............1Ovarian Dropsy
Phthisis (Consumptn)......2111...5Child birth (seeMetria).....................1
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)Disease of Uterus, &c. X.—Joints,Bones,&c.............1......1
IV.—Brain & NervesRheumatism............1......1
Arthritis
Cephalitis
Disease of Joints, &c.......1......1...2
Apoplexy.........342...9
Spinal Disease
Palsy (Paralysis)XI.—Skin, Cellular Tissue, &.
Delirium Tremens.........11......2
Chorea
Carbuncle
Epilepsy
Phlegmon
Tetanus............2......2
Disease of Skin,&c.
Insanity
ConvulsionsXII.—Malformation
Disease of Brain, &c.......1...2......3Cyanosis
IdiocySpina Bifida
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—Other Malformations
PhlebitisXIII. — Premature Birth & Debility.
Pericarditis............1......1XIV.—Atrophy.
Aneurism.........1.........1XV.—Old Age................2...2
Disease of ArteriesXVI. SuddenDeaths (causes unknown.)
Disease of Heart, &c..........233...8
UraemiaXVII.Violent Death
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—Intemperance
Privation of Food
LaryngitisWant of Breast Milk
Bronchitis.........11......2Neglect
PleurisyCold
Pneumonia.........31......4Poison......11...2...4
AsthmaBurns and Scalds266...2......16
Disease of LungsHanging
VI. — Stomach and Digestive OrgansSuffocation
Drowning
TeethingSuicide. Cutthroat
QuinseyViolence...11253...
GastritisXVIII.—Not Specified.12
Enteritis......1............1
Carried forward......714187...46Grand Total2718193816...101