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Whitechapel 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1887.

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Table N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1887.

Causes of Death.		1st Quar.	2nd Quar.	3rd Quar.	4th Quar.	Total.	Causes of Death.	1st Quar.	2nd Quar.	3rd Quar.	4th Quar.	Total.
All Causes		21726	18877	20577	21001	82181	45 Diseases of circulatory system	1845	1474	1257	1712
All Causes		21726	18877	20577	21001	82181	46 Croup	141	131	119	206
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.							46 Croup	141	131	119	206
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.							47 Bronchitis	4017	2030	1082	3190
1 Small Pox	Vaccinated	...	1	...	...	1	48 Pneumonia	1399	1218	738	1441
	Unvaccinated	...	...	...	...	...	49 Pleurisy	87	88	57	91
	No statement	1	2	1	3	7	50 Other respiratory dis's	528	318	236	453
2 Measles		859	1227	480	328	2894	50 Other respiratory dis's	528	318	236	453
3 Scarlet fever		171	192	420	655.	1438	51 Dentition	168	176	155	124
4 Typhus		7	2	5	4	18	52 Quinzy, sore throat	34	22	19	32
5 Relapsing fever							53 Enteritis	89	98	240	82
6 Influenza				1	4	5	54 Peritonitis	72	89	83	94
7 Whooping Cough		443	834	823	828	2928	55 Diseases of liver	357	33i	415	359
8 Diphtheria		196	193	244	328	961	56 Other diseases of digestive system	374	354	37°	332
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever.		12	15	12	9	48
10 Enteric fever		125	69	161	251	606
10 Enteric fever		125	69	161	251	606	57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands	27	20	24	24
11 Simple cholera		2	9	94	1	106
12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery		176	209	3200	188	3773
13 Remittent fever		4	1	5	4	14
13 Remittent fever		4	1	5	4	14	58 Disea's urinary system	577	499	452	571
14 Hydrophobia		...	1	1	...	2
15 Glanders		1	2	1	...	4
15 Glanders		1	2	1	...	4	59 Diseases, generative system	60	84	72	80
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination ......		3	1	3	2	9
17 Venereal affections		154	93	146	105	498
18 Erysipelas		72	63	79	127	341	60 Accidents of childbirth	35	38	43	47
19 Pyæmia & Septicaemia		29	38	33	55	155	60 Accidents of childbirth	35	38	43	47
19 Pyæmia & Septicaemia		29	38	33	55	155	61 Diseases of locomotive system	73	97	⁷⁹	95
20 Puerperal fever		76	75	67	110	328
21 Other zymotic diseases		30	27	21	22	100
22 Thrush		11	15	38	16	80	62 Diseases of integumen tary system	66	62	67	77
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases		3	4	3	12	22	62 Diseases of integumen tary system	66	62	67	77
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases		3	4	3	12	22	VIOLENT DEATHS.
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk		15	13	35	14	77	VIOLENT DEATHS.
							Accident.
							63 Fradture and contusion	262	270	247	246
25 Alcoholism		56	61	67	64	248	64 Gun shot wounds		I	I	2
25 Alcoholism		56	61	67	64	248	65 Cut, stab	2	2	3	6
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart		121	75	70	152	418	66 Burn and scald	124	64	50	89
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart		121	75	70	152	418	67 Poison	17	14	21	12
27 Rheumatism		29	28	28	3°	115	68 Drowning	52	37	130	57
28 Gout		45	31	32	49	157	69 Suffocation	207	133	no	189
2g Rickets		43	57	42	38	l80	70 Otherwise	35	29	58	28
30 Cancer		706	676	752	740	2874	70 Otherwise	35	29	58	28
31 Tabes Mesenterica		261	264	618	263	1406	Homicide.
32 Tubercular meningitis		325	330	323	267	1245	71 Murder & mansl'ghter	27	17	10	26
33 Phthisis		2093	1898	1789	1960	7740	71 Murder & mansl'ghter	27	17	10	26
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis		192	214	283	223	912	Suicide.
35 Other constitutnl. dis's		141	144	"3	144	542	72 Gun shot wounds	18	II	¹¹	13
35 Other constitutnl. dis's		141	144	"3	144	542	73 Cut, stab	22	23	20	19
36 Premature birth		516	465	508	486	1975	74 Poison	21	23	13	14
37 Atelectasis		29	29	39	41	138	75 Drowning	14	30	24	8
38 Congnitl. malformatns.		98	80	69	104	351	76 Hanging	19	26	20	10
39 Old Age		722	575	522	640	2459	77 Otherwise	6	II	9	'3
40 Apoplexy		565	506	402	564	2037	Execution.
41 Epilepsy		100	88	65	92	345	78 Hanging	1	...	1	...
42 Convulsions		55²	549	681	597	2379	78 Hanging	1	...	1	...
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system		1235	1176	1039	1012	4462	79 Inquest	1777	I460	1278	1606	61
						4462	80 Other causes	711	651	995	704
						44 Diseases of organs of special sense		20	24	31	23	98
81 Uncertified deaths	279	188	216	188