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 Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Showing the Deaths from all causes for each quarter 1864, and the first quarter of 1865
1861 | 1865 | ||||
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1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | |
Small-Pox | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Measles | 13 | 55 | 70 | 19 | 8 |
Scarlatina | 43 | 53 | 52 | 18 | 44 |
Whooping Congh | 48 | 21 | 23 | 33 | 61 |
Fever | 32 | 35 | 23 | 50 | 50 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Influenza | ... | ||||
Dysentery | |||||
Diarrhoea | 1 | 9 | 110 | 12 | 5 |
Cholera | 5 | ||||
Diphtheria | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Rheumatism | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
Syphilis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Privation, including want of breast milk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Alcoholism | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
Worms, Thrush, &c | |||||
Dropsy | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
Cancer | 10 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 12 |
Mortification | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica and Hydrocephalus | ... | ||||
47 | ... | 53 | 48 | 30 | |
Phthisis | 147 | 106 | 89 | 108 | 115 |
Insanity | ... | ||||
Convulsions | 36 | 46 | 27 | 42 | 32 |
Apoplexy | 18 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
Brain Disease | 79 | 45 | 41 | 57 | 61 |
Heart Disease | 38 | 22 | 24 | 37 | 17 |
Laryngitis | 24 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 |
Bronchitis | 181 | 62 | 44 | 120 | 163 |
Pneumonia | 75 | 62 | 49 | 117 | 49 |
Lung Diseases | 39 | 19 | 10 | 31 | 31 |
Stomach Diseases | 9 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 |
Liver Diseases | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
Bright's Disease | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Kidney and Bladder Diseases | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Ovarian Disease | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Uterine Disease | 5 | •.... | 1 | 2 | |
Joint Disease | 1 | ||||
Skin Disease | 1 | ... | |||
Premature Birth | 21 | 14 | 11 | 11 | |
Malformations | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
Teething | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Childbirth | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Old Ago | 67 | 19 | 30 | 37 | 40 |
Atrophy, Debility | 23 | 27 | 48 | 34 | 38 |
Violence | 19 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 20 |
Poison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Drowning | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |
Not Specified | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
1055 | 772 | 877 | 1006 | 954 | |
3710 |