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Whitechapel 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII. — Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 30th June, 1866.

TABLE VII. — Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 30th June, 1866.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 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 51 5 and under 201 20 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.
I.—ZYMOTIC. Order 1—MiasmaticBrought forward851624485103501530
Small-Pox2523.........12ORGANS.
Measles29472............71Cancrum Oris
Scarlatina...1821.........21Gastritis............1......1
Diphtheria1..................1Enteritis
QuinsyPeritonitis......1...21...4
Croup16...............7Ascites......2111...5
Hooping-Cough910322Ulceratn of Inestns........................
Typhus Fever...273141...27Hernia (Rupture)...1...211...5
Erysipelas.........311...5Ileus
Puerperal Fever............1......1Intussusception
CarbuncleFistula
InfiuenzaStomach Disease,&c.........31......4
DysenteryPancreas Disease,&c
Diarrhœa3231...1111Hepatitis
AgneLiver Disease,&c.........15......6
Remittent FeverStricture of Rectum.........2.........2
Rheumatism...............1...1Order 5—Urinary Organs
Pyæmia......222......6
Cholera1..................l
Nephria......11.........2
Order 2—Enthetic.
Disease of Bladder... Nephria. (Bright's disease).........361...10
Syphilis3......31......7
Stricture of Urethra.
HydrophobiaDiabetes
Order 3—JDietic.Stone
PrivationProstrate Disease
Want of Breast Milk.Kidney Disease, &c..........11......2
Purpura and Scurvy.Order 6—Organs of Generation.
Alcoholism-Delirm
Tremens............1......1
Uterus Disease, &c..........1...1...2
,, Intemperance.
Ovarian Dropsy
Lead Poisoning
Ovariotomy
Order 4—Parasitic.Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Thrus
Worms, &c.
Joint Disease......1............1
II—CONSTITUTNLSpinal Disease, &c............1......1
Order1-DiatheticOrder 8—Integumentary System.
Dropsy......1......3...4
Cancer.........331...7Phlegmon
Mortification...............2...0Skin Disease
Abscess or Tumour11...............2IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL.
Order 2—Tubrculr.
Order 1—Disease of
Tabes Mesenterica61011.........18Premature Birth10..................10
Phthisis (Consmptn.)......746294...86Cyanosis
46...............10Spina Birth10..................10
III.—LOCAL.Other Malformations21...............3
Teething42...............6
Order 1—Nervous
Order 2—Diseases
Cephalitis...311.........5
Childbirth.........2.........2
Apoplexy...2...51...8
Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Palsy(Paralysis)......3215...11
Insanity
Old Age...............71219
Tetanus............11...2
Premature Decay
Epilepsy...............112
Convulsions1581............24Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Chorea
Brain Disease, &c...21...1......4Atrophy & Debility14......1.........15
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
AnæmiaOrder 1—Accidents or Negligence.
Pericarditis......1............1
Aneurism............1......1Burns and Scalds...1611......9
Heart Disease, &c......16135...25Poison
Suffocation1..................1
Epistaxis........................
Disease of ArteriesViolence...163135......
Phlegmasia DolensDrowning.........211...4
Order 3—Homicide.
Order 3—Respiratory Organs.
Murder & Manslgter..........1............
L arynismus1..................1Order 4—Suicide.
Laryngitis11...............2Wounds.........11.........
Bronchitis18142120...55Poison............2......2
PleurisyHanging...............1...1
Pneumonia14323554......58Drowning......1............1
Lung Disease, &c............43...1Not Specified............1......1
Carried forward851624485103501530Grand Total116168621111417013681