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Whitechapel 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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LONDON HOSPITAL.

TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 30th JUNE, 1860.

Causes of Death.0 and 1 under1 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.
I.—Zymotic.Brought forward..1712126..38
Small-poxVII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)
Hooping CoughTeething
CroupQuinsey
ThrushGastritis
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint)Enteritis
Peritonitis......1......1
DysenteryAscites......1......1
CholeraUlc. of Intestines
InfluenzaHernia (Rupture) ..........1....1
Scurvy and PurpuraIleus
AgueIntussusception
Remittent FeverStricture of Rectum......1......1
Infantile FeverDisease of Stomach, &c.
Typhus Fever
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of Pancreas Inflammation of Liver Jaundice
Rheumatic Fever
Erysipelas (Rose)..........1..1Disease of Liver
SyphilisCirrhosis
Noma (Canker)Disease of Spleen
HydrophobiaVIII.—Kidney, &c.
DiphtheriaNephritis11
II.—Dropsy, &c.Nephria (Bright's Disease)..1..........2
HæmorrhageIschyria
AnæmiaDisease of Prostate..........1..1
DropsyDiabetes
Abscess (Gathering)......1......1Stone
UlcerCystitis
FistulaStricture of Urethra........1....1
Mortification........21..3Disease of Bladder..........2..3
Cancer......13....4IX.-Childbirth.
GoutParamenia
III.—Tubercula.Ovarian Dropsy
Scrofula....1........1Childbirth (seeMetria)
Tabes Mesenterica....11......2Disease of Uterus &c.
Phthisis (Consumptn)......31....4X. Joints, Bones, &c.
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)
Rheumatism
IV.—Brain and Nervers.Arthritis
Disease of Joints, &c.......1......1
CephalitisSpinal Disease
Apoplexy........11..2XI.-Skin,&c.
Palsy (Paralysis)Carbuncle........1....1
Delirium TremensPhlegmon
Chorea..........1..1Disease of skin,&c.
EpilepsyXII.— Malformation.
Tetanus......11....2
InsanityCyanosis
ConvulsionsSpina Bifida
Disease of Brain, &c.......11....2Other Malformations
IdiocyXIII.-Premature Birth & Debility
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels.XIV.—Atrophy.
PhlebitisXV.-Old Age
PericarditisXVI.-Violent Death.
AneurismIntemperance
Disease of ArteriesPrivation of Food
Disease of Heart, &c.....3321..9Want of Breast Milk
UraemiaNeglect
VI.— Lungs and Organs of Respiration.Cold
Poison......1......1
Burns and Scalds..42........6
LaryngitisHanging
Bronchitis......11....2Suffocation
Pleurisy..........1..1Drowning
Pneumonia..12........3Wounds
AsthmaViolence..21744..18
Disease of LungsXVII.—Not Specifide
Carried forward..1712126..38Grand Total..811251913177