Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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T able 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. | |
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All Causes | 1259 | 901 | 936 | 983 | 4079 | 40 Apoplexy | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | |
41 Epilepsy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 67 | 47 | 50 | 45 | 209 | ||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Unvaccinat'd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 30 | |
No statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
2 Measles | ... | 17 | 15 | 25 | 57 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 47 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 135 | |
3 Scarlet Fever | 5 | l6 | !7 | 2 | 40 | |||||||
4 Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
5 Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
6 Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46 Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
7 Whooping cough | 11 | 2 | 5 | ... | 18 | 47 Bronchitis | 246 | 100 | 83 | 127 | 556 | |
8 Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 16 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 35 | |
9 Simple, Continued and ill.defined fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49 Pleurisy | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |
50 Other respiratory diseases | 145 | 62 | 57 | 115 | 379 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 Dentition | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 29 | |
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 10 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 54 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 36 | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54 Pertionitis | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | |
15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | 9 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 44 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56 Other diseases of diges. tive system | 64 | 61 | 52 | 51 | 228 | |
17 Venereal affections | 18 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 59 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |
l9 Pyæmia and Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
21 Otner Zymotic diseases | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | |||||||
58 Diseases of urinary syst'm | 16 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 66 | |||||||
22 Thrush | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
23 Worms and other para. sitic diseases | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 59 Diseases, generative system | 42 | 48 | 35 | 32 | 157 | |
24 Starvation, want of breast.milk | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |
25 Alcoholism | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 105 | 109 | 91 | 136 | 441 | |
Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
62 Diseases of integu. mentary system | 57 | 70 | 74 | 50 | 251 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 170 | 109 | 138 | 115 | 532 | |||||||
28 Gout | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | VIOLENCE.— Accident. | ||||||
30 Cancer | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | |||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | 10 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 38 | 33 | 40 | 28 | 139 | |
32 Tubercular Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64 Gun shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
33 Phthisis | 28 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 80 | 65 Cut, stab | 2 | ... | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
34 Scrofula Tuberculosis | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | 56 Burn or scald | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
35 Other constitutnl.diseases | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 67 Poison | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
68 Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
36 Premature birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69 Suffocation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
37 Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70 Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
38 Congenital malformations | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
39 Old age | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 71 Other Causes | 70 | 67 | 52 | 81 | 270 |