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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 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII I —Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechap e l District, for the Three Months ending 31st March, 1 860.

TABLE VII I —Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechap e l District, for the Three Months ending 31st March, 1 860.

Causes of Death.0 and under l1 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 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and 1 aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward1381314471114738579
Small Pox18111......12
Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles372............12
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)...72............9
Peritonitis......1............1
Hooping Cough...12...............12
Ascites............14...5
Croup11...............2
Ulc. of Intestines
Thrush......1............1
Hernia (Rupture)............2......2
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint)23...113111
(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)
Dysentery............11...2
Cholera
Influenza..................11
Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)............1......1
Scurvy and Purpura
Ague
Remittent Fever
Infantile Fever
Stricture of Intestinal Canal
Typhus Fever...48684131
Puerperal Fever (Metria).........1.........1
Disease of Stomach,&c.............22...4
Rheumatic Fever......1...1......2
Inflammation of the Liver............1......1
Erysipelas (Rose)3............1...4
Syphilis1..................1Jaundice............1...1
Noma (Canker)...1...............1
Disease of Liver.........23...16
Cynache Tonsill
Cirrhosis
Hydrophobia
Diphtheria......1............1VIII. Kidney, &c.
IT.—Dropsy, &c.Nephria (Bright's disease)......1261...10
Haemorrhage
AnaemiaIschuria
Dropsy...............4...4Disease of Prostate
Abscess (Gathering)...11............2Diabetes
UlcerStone
FistulaCystitis
Mortification...l......22...5Stricture of Urethra...............1...1
CancerDisease of Bladder...............1...1
GoutIX. Childbirth:
III.—Tubercular:—Paramenia
ScrofulaOvarian Dropsy......1...11......
Tabes Mesenterica1662............24Childbirth (SeeMetria).........1.........1
Phthisis (Consumptn)221035284...81Disease of Uterus, &c.............1......1
I-Iydroceplialus(water 011 the Brain)32...............5Ext. Uterine Fœtation X, Joints, Bones, &c
IV.—Brain & NervesRheumatism............1......1
Cephalitis32...14......10Arthritis
Apoplexy......14133122Disease of Joints, &c.......1......1......
Palsy (Paralysis).........136111Spinal Disease...1...............1
Delirium Tremens.........11......2XL—Skin, Cellular Tissue,
Chorea
Epilepsy...1...11......3Carbuncle
Tetanus............2......2Phlegmon
InsanityDisease of Skin, &c.
Convulsions368...............44XII. Malformation.
Disease of Brain,&c.12212...19Cyanosis
IdiocySpina Bifida
V,—Heart & Blood Vessels:—Other Malformations..
XIII Premature Brp.th & Debility141...............15
Phlebitis
Pericarditis............1......1XIV. Atrophy1..................1
Aneurism.........1.........1XV. Old Age...............222143
Disease of ArteriesXVI. Sudden
Disease of Heart, &c....1431011....29Sun Stroke
UraemiaXVII. Violent Death
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—Intemperance............3......3
Privation of Food...............1...2
Laryngitis...1...............1Want of Breast Milk.
Bronchitis2016261920184Neglect1..................1
Pleurisy............1......1Cold1..................1
Pneumonia43415691...105Poison......1......2...4
Asthma.........2511119Burns and Scalds276...2......17
Disease of Lungs...............1...1Hanging
VII—Stomach and Digestive Organs:Suffocation6..................6
Drowning.........1.........1
Teething34...............7Suicide
QuinseyViolence112463...17
Gastritis............11...2XVIII. Not Specified,1.........1......2
Enteritis......1............1
Carried Forward1381314471114738579Grand Total165141588214511330734