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Whitechapel 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 27th June, 1863.

TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 27th June, 1863.

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 1.1 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.-Zymotic:— Order 1—MiasmaticBrought forward98134587683402482
Small-Pox47541......21Order 4—Digestive Organs.
Measles21...............3
Scarlatina84925............82Cancrum Oris
Diphtheria...21............3Gastritis
Quinsy...1...............1Enteritis......1211...5
Croup251............8Peritonitis...............1...2
Hooping-Cough411...............15Ascites............43...7
Typhus Fever119962...28Ulc. of Intestines
Erysipelas3...212......8Hernia (Rupture)............2215
Puerperal FeverIleus
CarbuncleIntussusception
InfluenzaFistula
Dysentery............1......1Stomach Disease, &c.
Diarrhoea532...11113Pancreas Disease, &c.
AgueHepatitis.........12......3
Remittent Fever......1............1Liver Disease, &c..........232...7
Rheumatism......1............1Stricture of (Esophagus)............1......1
PyæmiaOrder 5 — Urinary Organs.
Varicella...1...............1
Order 2—Enthetic.Morbus Addisonii
Syphilis............1......1Rupture of Bladder.........1.........1
Stricture of Urethra.........22......4Nephria (Bright's disease).........221...5
Hydrophobia
Order 3—Dietic.Diabetes............1......1
PrivationProstate Disease...............112
Want of Breast MilkKidney Disease, &c.......1............1
Purpura and ScurvyOrder 6—Organs of Generation.
Alcoholism—Delirium
Tremens.........31......4Ovarian Dropsy............1......1
„ IntemperanceUterus Disease, &c.
lead PoisoningOrder 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Order 4—Parasitic.
ThrushJoint Disease, &c..........1.........1
Worms, &c....1...............1Bones, &c.............1......1
II.—Constitutional. Order 1—DiatheticDisease of Spine...1...............l
Order 8 — Integumentary System.
Gout
Dropsy...21...12...6Phlegmon
Cancer.........284...14Skin Disease, &c....1...............1
Mortification............13...4IV.—Developmental Order 1 —Diseases
Abscess......1......1...2
Anæmia...1...............1of Children.
Order 2—Tubrclr.Premature Birth5..................5
Scrofula2...2............4Cyanosis
Tabes Mesenterica187......1......26Spina Bifida
Phthisis(Consumptn4343315......59Other Malformations11...............2
Hydrocephalus441............9Teething52...............7
III.—Local. Order 1—Nervous System.Order 2 — Diseases of Adults.
Paramenia
CephalitisChildbirth.........21......3
Apoplexy............31...4Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Palsy (Paralysis)...1......53110
Tetanus............1......1Old Age...............91120
Epilepsy.........12......3Order 4 —Diseases of Nutrition.
Convulsions245...............29
NeuralgiaAtrophy and Debility141.........3...18
Brain Disease, &c....1123......7V.—Violent Deaths. Order 1—Accidents or Negligence.
Softeng, of Spinal Cord.........1.........1
Order 2—Organs of
Circulation.Burns and Scalds...341...1...9
PericarditisPoison...............1...1
Aneurism............1......1Suffocation41.........1...6
Heart Disease, &c.1...1285...18Violence367114...32
PhlebitisDrowning.........1.........1
Disease of ArteriesOrder 3—Homicide.
Order 3— Respiratory Organs.Murder & Manslaghtr.1......l.........2
Order 4—Suicide.
Laryngismus...2...............2Wounds............1......1
Laryngitis...1...............1Poison.........1.........1
Bronchitis39...11212...37Drowning
Pleurisy.........1......1Hanging.........1...1...2
Pneumonia1217...441...38Otherwise............1......1
Lung Disease.........224...8Not Specified1..................1
Carried Forward98134586783402482Grand Total13014870901157115639