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Table: TABLE IX_Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the WhitechapelDistrict, for the Three Months ending 30th JUNE, 1860.

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TABLE IX_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 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.	Cause 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.
I.Zymotic.									Brought forward	68	99	35	73	55	52	7	389
Small Pox	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	VII.-Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles............	4	11	..	..	..	..	..	15	VII.-Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Scarlatina (Scar. Fev.)	1	9	4	1	..	..	..	15	Teething	5	4	..	..	..	..	..	9
Hooping Cough	5	1	1	..	..	..	..	7	Quinsey
Croup	1	9	..	..	..	..	..	10	Gastritis	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
Thrush									Enteritis	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint)	3	2	1	1	..	..	..	7	Peritonitis	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint)	3	2	1	1	..	..	..	7	Ascites	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	4
Dysentery									Ulceratn. of Intestines
Cholera									Hernia(Rupture)	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	Ileus
Scurvy and Purpura	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	Intussussception
Ague	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	Stricture of Rectum	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Remittent Fever	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	Disease of Stomach, &.
Infantile Fever									Disease of Stomach, &.
Typhus Fever	..	1	4	4	1	6	..	16	Disease of Pancreas
Puerperal Fever									Inflammation of Liver Jaundice
(Metria)	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Erysipelas (Rose)	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	3	Disease of liver	..	..	..	..	4	3	..	7
Syphilis									Cirrhosis
Noma (Canker)	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	Disease of Spleen
Hydrophobia									VII.-Kidney, &c.
Diphtheria	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	Nephiritis	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
II.—Dropsy, &c.									Nephria (Bright's disease)	..	2	..	1	1	..	..	4
Hemorrhage									Ischuria
Anemia									Disease of Prostrate	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Dropsy	..	1	..	2	..	..	..	3	Diabetes
Abscess (Gathering)	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	3	Stone
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	Cystitis
Fistula									Stricture of Urethra	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Mortification	..	..	..	..	3	1	1	5	Disease of Bladder	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3
Cancer	..	..	..	1	4	..	..	5	IX.—Childbirth.
Gout									Paramenia
III.—Tubercula.									Ovarain Dropsy
Scrofula	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	4	Childbirth (see Metria)	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Tabes Mesenterica	13	13	1	1	..	..	..		X,—Joints, Bones,
Phthisis (Consumptn)	..	3	10	37	..	..	..	..	X,—Joints, Bones,
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)	5	3	..	..	..	..	..	8	Rheumatism
									Arthritis
IV,—Brain and Nerves.									Disease of Joints, &c.	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
IV,—Brain and Nerves.									Spinal Disease	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Cephalitis	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	XI.—Skin, &c.
Apoplexy	..	..	..	..	2	3	1	6	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Palsv (Paralysis)	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	8	Phlegmon
Delirium Tremens .	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2	Disease of Skin, &c.	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Chorea	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	XII. — Malformation.
Epilepsy									XII. — Malformation.
Tetanus	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	Cyanosis
Insanity									Spina Bifida
Convulsions	20	4	..	..	..	..	..	24	Other Malformations.
Disease of Brain, &c.	..	1	..	2	3	2	..	8	XIII. — Premature
Idiocy									Birth& Debility	22	..	..	..	1	1	..	24
V.—Heart &Blood Vessels.									XV.—Old Age.	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
Phlebitis									XVI.- Violent Death.
Pericarditis									Intemprance	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Aneurism	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	Privation of Food
Disease of Arteries									Want of Breast milk
Disease of Heart, &c.	..	..	3	8	7	7	1	26	Neglect	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Uræmia									Cold
VI.— Lungs and Organs of Respiration.									Poison	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	3
									Burns and Scalds	..	4	2	..	..	..	..	6
									Hanging	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Laryngitis	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	3	Suffocation	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	6
Bronchitis	1	7	..	5	8	11	2	34	Drowning	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Pleurisy	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	4	Wounds
Pneumonia	12	28	5	3	2	4	..	54	Violence	2	2	2	8	4	6	..	24
Asthma	..	..	..	..	3	2	..	5	xvii.—Not Specified,	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
Disease of Lungs	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	xvii.—Not Specified,	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
Carried forward.	68	99	35	73	55	52	7	389	Grand Total..	104	115	44	89	77	81	18	523