Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 under | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | Total. | Causes of Death. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 20. | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above. | Total. |
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I.—Zymotic. | .. | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | .. | 38 | |||||||||
Small-pox | VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs. | ||||||||||||||||
Measles | |||||||||||||||||
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.) | |||||||||||||||||
Hooping Cough | Teething | ||||||||||||||||
Croup | Quinsey | ||||||||||||||||
Thrush | Gastritis | ||||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint) | Enteritis | ||||||||||||||||
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
Dysentery | Ascites | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Cholera | Ulc. of Intestines | ||||||||||||||||
Influenza | Hernia (Rupture) .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | Ileus | ||||||||||||||||
Ague | Intussusception | ||||||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | Stricture of Rectum | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Infantile Fever | Disease of Stomach, &c. | ||||||||||||||||
Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | Disease of Pancreas Inflammation of Liver Jaundice | ||||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | |||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas (Rose) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Disease of Liver | ||||||||
Syphilis | Cirrhosis | ||||||||||||||||
Noma (Canker) | Disease of Spleen | ||||||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | VIII.—Kidney, &c. | ||||||||||||||||
Diphtheria | Nephritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
II.—Dropsy, &c. | Nephria (Bright's Disease) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Hæmorrhage | Ischyria | ||||||||||||||||
Anæmia | Disease of Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Dropsy | Diabetes | ||||||||||||||||
Abscess (Gathering) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Stone | ||||||||
Ulcer | Cystitis | ||||||||||||||||
Fistula | Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | IX.-Childbirth. | |||||||||
Gout | Paramenia | ||||||||||||||||
III.—Tubercula. | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Childbirth (seeMetria) | ||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Disease of Uterus &c. | ||||||||
Phthisis (Consumptn) | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | X. Joints, Bones, &c. | ||||||||
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain) | |||||||||||||||||
Rheumatism | |||||||||||||||||
IV.—Brain and Nervers. | Arthritis | ||||||||||||||||
Disease of Joints, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
Cephalitis | Spinal Disease | ||||||||||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | XI.-Skin,&c. | ||||||||
Palsy (Paralysis) | Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Delirium Tremens | Phlegmon | ||||||||||||||||
Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Disease of skin,&c. | ||||||||
Epilepsy | XII.— Malformation. | ||||||||||||||||
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||||
Insanity | Cyanosis | ||||||||||||||||
Convulsions | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||||||
Disease of Brain, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Other Malformations | ||||||||
Idiocy | XIII.-Premature Birth & Debility | ||||||||||||||||
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels. | XIV.—Atrophy. | ||||||||||||||||
Phlebitis | XV.-Old Age | ||||||||||||||||
Pericarditis | XVI.-Violent Death. | ||||||||||||||||
Aneurism | Intemperance | ||||||||||||||||
Disease of Arteries | Privation of Food | ||||||||||||||||
Disease of Heart, &c. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | Want of Breast Milk | ||||||||
Uraemia | Neglect | ||||||||||||||||
VI.— Lungs and Organs of Respiration. | Cold | ||||||||||||||||
Poison | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
Burns and Scalds | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||||||||
Laryngitis | Hanging | ||||||||||||||||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Suffocation | ||||||||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Drowning | ||||||||
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Wounds | ||||||||
Asthma | Violence | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .. | 18 | ||||||||
Disease of Lungs | XVII.—Not Specifide | ||||||||||||||||
.. | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | .. | 38 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 77 |