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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Whitechapel 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Table H.—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES.
| Diseases. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | Diseases. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 1104 | 887 | 944 | 1048 | 3983 | 40 Apoplexy | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| 41 Epilepsy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | |||||||
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 50 | 60 | 57 | 66 | 233 | ||||||
| Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||||||
| Unvaccinat'd | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | |
| No statement | i | i | ||||||||||
| 2 Measles | ... | 15 | 12 | 2 | 87 | |||||||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 1 | i | 26 | 24 | 55 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 75 | |
| 4 Typhus | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |||||||
| 5 Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 6 Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46 Croup | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| 7 Whooping cough | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 47 Bronchitis | 250 | 154 | 77 | 166 | 656 | |
| 8 Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 30 | |
| 9 Simple, Continued and ill-defined fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 49 Pleurisy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 50 Other respiratory diseases | 99 | 79 | 54 | 102 | 334 | |||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 11 Simple cholera | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 51 Dentition | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 24 | |
| 12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 5 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 48 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 7 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 41 | |
| 13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54 Peritonitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | ... | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | |
| 16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56 Other diseases of diges tive system | 48 | 56 | 59 | 41 | 204 | |
| 17 Venereal affections | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 73 | |||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| 19 Pyæmia and Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 20 Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 21 Other Zymotic diseases | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 | 58 Diseases of urinary syst'm | 10 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 56 | |
| 22 Thrush | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 23 Worms and other para sitic diseases | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 59 Diseases, generative system | 35 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 127 | |
| 24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 7 | 12 | 11 | i | 31 | |
| 25 Alcoholism | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 99 | 93 | 83 | 90 | 365 | |
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 7 | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 61 | 41 | 47 | 51 | 200 | |
| 27 Rheumatism | 148 | 118 | 145 | 138 | 549 | |||||||
| 28 Gout | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 29 | |||||||
| 29 Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | VIOLENCE.— Accident. | ||||||
| 30 Cancer | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 31 Tabes Mesenterica | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 36 | 38 | 28 | 31 | 123 | |
| 32 Tubercular Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64 Gun shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 33 Phthisis | 7 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 70 | 65 Cut, stab | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | |
| c nu Tuberculosis ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | 66 Burn or scald | 2 | I | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 3 er Constitutnl. diseases | 3 | 1 | 11 | I | 16 | 67 Poison | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| 36 Premature birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69 Suffocation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 37 Atelectasis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 70 Otherwise | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| 38 genital malformations | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
| 39 Old age | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 71 Other Causes | 85 | 80 | 71 | 84 | 320 | |