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 1889.
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 | 440 | 352 | 338 | 4°3 | 1533 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 26 | 36 | 21 | 34 | 117 | |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | .. | ... | ... | ... | 46 Croup | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | |
Unvaccin't'd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 Bronchitis | 63 | 28 | 23 | 179 | ||
Nostatement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 34 | 21 | 15 | 31 | 101 | |
2 Measles | 11 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 67 | 49 Pleurisy | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
3 Scarlet Fever | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 50 Other respiratory dis'es | 15 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 37 | |
4 Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 Dentition | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | |
6 Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | |
7 Whooping cough | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
8 Diphtheria | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 54 Peritonitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
56 Other diseases of digestive system | 9 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 54 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |||||||
12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 2 | 8 | 45 | 10 | 65 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic syst'm& ductless glands | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58 Diseases of urinary sys'm | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 43 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
59 Diseases, generative system | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | |||||||
17 Venereal affections | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||
19 Pyaemia and Septicaemia | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 60 Accidents at childbirth | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
20 Puerperal fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
22 Thrush | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |||||||
62 Diseases of integumentary system | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast milk | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | VIOLENT DEATHS. Accident. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
25 Alcoholism | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 9 | 4 | 5 | ... | 18 | |
64 Gun-shot wounds | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
65 Cut, stab | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
66 Burn and scald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | I | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 67 Poison | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
28 Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68 Drowning | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
29 Rickets | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 69 Suffocation | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | |
30 Cancer | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 70 Otherwise | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 42 | 34 | 31 | 47 | 154 | 71 Murder & manslaughter | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 17 | 4 | 3 | ... | 24 | |||||||
35 Other constitut'l diseas's | 23 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 89 | |||||||
72 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 11 | S | 6 | 3 | 25 | 73 Cut, stab | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
37 Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74 Poison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
38 Congenital malformatns. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75 Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
39 Old age | 41 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 96 | 76 Hanging | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
77 Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
40 Apoplexy | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | |||||||
41 Epilepsy | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 10 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 78 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 27 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 100 | |||||||
79 Other causes | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |