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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: T able I.—CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

T able I.—CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

Class of Disease.Total Number of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
London includ'g Whitechapel.Whitechapel.London includ'g WhitechapelWhitechapel.
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's List)14,23622617.3214.19
Parasitic Diseases10210.120.00
Privation and Alcoholism32560.390.37
Constitutional Diseases15,58936218.9622.59
Premature Birth and Old Age4,923885.995.49
Diseases of Nervous System9,22318511.2211.54
,, Organs of Special Sense9810.110.00
,, Circulatory System6,2881117.656.92
„ Respiratory „17.57037421.3723.34
,, Digestive ,,4.469105543655
Lymphatic „9510.110.00
Urinary „2,099462.552.87
,, Generative ,,29670.360.43
Accidents of Childbirth16380.190.48
Diseases of Locomotive System34430.410.18
,, Integumentary „27240.330.24
Violent Deaths—Accident2,548693.104.30
Homicide80...0.090.00
Suicide39820.470.12
Other Causes3,06333.720.18