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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TABLE M.—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1888.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | |
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All causes | 469 | 323 | 396 | 386 | 1574 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 30 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 117 | |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46 Croup | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
Unvaccin't'd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 Bronchitis | 95 | 44 | 27 | 53 | 219 | |
No statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 39 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 106 | |
2 Measles | ... | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 49 Pleurisy | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 Scarel Fever | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 50 Other respiratory dis'es | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 32 | |
4 Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 Dentition | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | |
6 Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
7 Whooping cough | 28 | 8 | 1 | ... | 37 | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
8 Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 54 Peritonitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill.defined fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
56 Other diseases of digestive system | 19 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 59 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
12 Diarrhoea, dysentery | 1 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 50 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic syst'm& ductless glands | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58 Diseases of urinary sys'm | 18 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 48 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59 Diseases, generative system | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
17 Venereal affections | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | |||||||
19 Pyaemia and Septicæmia | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 60 Accidents at childbirth | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
20 Puerperal fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
22 Thrush | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
24 Starvation, want of breast milk | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
25 Alcoholism | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |
64 Gun.shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
26 Kheumatic fever and rheumatism of herat | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 65 Cut, stab | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
66 Burn and scald | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 67 Posion | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
28 Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68 Drowning | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
29 Rickets | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 69 Suffocation | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 27 | |
30 Cancer | 12 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 70 Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
31 Tab | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 37 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
33 Phthisis | 37 | 34 | 34 | 46 | 151 | 71 Murder & manslaughter | 1 | I | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | |||||||
35 Other constitute diseas's | 12 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 67 | |||||||
72 Gun.shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
3o Premature birth | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 73 Cut, stab | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
37 Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74 Poison | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
38 Congenital malformatns. | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 75 Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
39 Old age | 24 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 80 | 76 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
77 Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
40 Apoplexy | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 37 | |||||||
41 Epilepsy | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 18 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 53 | 78 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 30 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 113 | |||||||
79 Inquest | 71 | 64 | 59 | 71 | 265 | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs ot special sense | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 80 Other causes | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
81 Uncertified deaths | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |