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Whitechapel 1893
The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1893 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the tenth annual report
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TABLE M—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1893.
| 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 | 476 | 456 | 488 | 466 | 1886 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 37 | 44 | 29 | 43 | 153 | |
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | |||||||
| 1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | 46 Croup | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||
| Unvaccin't'd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 Bronchitis | 86 | 41 | 27 | 64 | 218 | |
| Nostatement | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 48 Pneumonia | 54 | 54 | 42 | 40 | 190 | |
| 2 Measles | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 49 Pleurisy | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 Scarlet fever | 9 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 50 Other respiratory dis'es | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| 4 Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 Dentition | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | |
| 6 Influenza | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 7 Whooping cough | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 8 Diphtheria | 12 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 57 | 54 Peritonitis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Diseases of liver | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| 56 Other diseases of diges- tive system | 17 | 25 | 48 | 20 | 110 | |||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 11 Simple cholera | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
| 12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 3 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 55 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic syst'm& ductless glands | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 15 Glanders | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 58 Diseases of urinary sys'm | io | 14 | 13 | 18 | 55 | |
| 16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59 Diseases, generative sys- tem | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 17 Venereal affections | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| 19 Pyaemia and septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 20 Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 21 Other zymotic diseases | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 Thrush | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |||||||
| 23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 24 Starvation, want of breast milk | VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | Accident. | |||||||
| 25 Alcoholism | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 15 | |
| 64 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 65 Cut, stab | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 66 Burn and scald | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | ||
| 27 Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 67 Poison | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 28 Gout | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68 Drowning | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | |
| 29 Rickets | ... | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 69 Suffocation | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| 30 Cancer | 8 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 50 | 70 Otherwise | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 31 Tabes mesenterica | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |||||||
| 32 Tubercular meningitis | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |||||||
| 33 Phthisis | 39 | 59 | 35 | 49 | 182 | 71 Murder & manslaughter | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| 34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | |||||||
| 35 Other constitut'l diseas's | 34 | 21 | 37 | 34 | 126 | Suicide. | ||||||
| 36 Premature birth | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 72 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 73 Cut, stab | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||||
| 37 Atelectasis | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 74 Poison | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 38 Congenital malformatns. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75 Drowning | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 39 Old age | 21 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 76 Hanging | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| 40 Apoplexy | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 77 Otherwise | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| 41 Epilepsy | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | Execution. | ||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 78 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 25 | 24 | 36 | 21 | 106 | |||||||
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |||||||