Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1893.
E stimated population to the middle of the year = 4 ,305,55I. D eath-rate=2 I 2 per 1000.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4 th Quar. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | |
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All Causes | 23693 | 20882 | 22009 | 24951 | 91535 | 40 Apoplexy | 611 | 506 | 491 | 592 | 2200 | |
41 Epilepsy | 100 | 99 | 103 | 101 | 403 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 42 Convulsions | 503 | 516 | 613 | 562 | 2194 | ||||||
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1214 | 1129 | 1094 | 1117 | 4554 | |||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | 13 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 62 | ||||||
Unvaccinated | 15 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 79 | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 36 | 50 | 44 | 53 | 183 | |
(No statement | 10 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 65 | |||||||
2 Measles | 317 | 439 | 459 | 446 | 1661 | |||||||
3 Scarlet fever | 335 | 336 | 458 | 467 | 1596 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 2170 | 1652 | 1436 | 1841 | 7099 | |
4 Typhus | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 5 | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
6 Influenza | 356 | 354 | 84 | 732 | 1526 | 46 Croup | 55 | 41 | 48 | 73 | 217 | |
7 Whooping cough | 531 | 592 | 619 | 588 | 2330 | 47 Bronchitis | 4155 | 1651 | 991 | 3616 | 10413 | |
8 Diphtheria | 639 | 677 | 859 | 1089 | 3264 | 48 Pneumonia | 1931 | 1921 | 1117 | 2230 | 7199 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 49 Pleurisy | 93 | 142 | 71 | 95 | 401 | |
50 Other respiratory dis's | 500 | 286 | 236 | 502 | 1524 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 102 | 114 | 212 | 265 | 693 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | 1 | 22 | 104 | 5 | 132 | 51 Dentition | 127 | 125 | 132 | 109 | 493 | |
12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 206 | 757 | 2188 | 297 | 3448 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 30 | 25 | 40 | 35 | 130 | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 Enteritis | 137 | 237 | 553 | 179 | 1106 | |
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 54 Peritonitis | 89 | 94 | 107 | 103 | 393 | |
15 Glanders | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 55 Diseases of liver | 298 | 320 | 372 | 306 | 1296 | |
16 Cow pox and effedts of vaccination | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 377 | 392 | 488 | 425 | 1682 | |
17 Venereal affections | 126 | 138 | 159 | 121 | 544 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 74 | 63 | 107 | 180 | 424 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and du&less glands | 22 | 33 | 37 | 42 | 134 | |
19 Pyaemia & septicaemia | 23 | 28 | 38 | 29 | 118 | |||||||
10 Puerperal fever | 86 | 59 | 79 | 128 | 352 | |||||||
Other zymotic diseases | 25 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 94 | |||||||
11 Thrush | 7 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 58 Diseases of the urinary system | 601 | 580 | 531 | 643 | 2355 | |
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |||||||
59 Diseases of generative system | 66 | 83 | 85 | 69 | 303 | |||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 31 | 31 | 52 | 41 | 155 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 124 | 159 | 134 | 116 | 533 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 79 | 81 | 82 | 93 | 335 | |
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 103 | 89 | 150 | 175 | 517 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 31 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 112 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 59 | 70 | 61 | 72 | 262 | |
28 Gout | 45 | 57 | 45 | 40 | 187 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 248 | |||||||
30 Cancer | 840 | 839 | 902 | 832 | 3413 | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 87 | 59 | 79 | 108 | 333 | |
31 Tabes mesenterica | 219 | 280 | 531 | 233 | 1269 | |||||||
32 Tubercular meningitis | 288 | 323 | 316 | 252 | 1179 | |||||||
2I77 | 1918 | 1882 | 2199 | 8176 | ||||||||
34 Scrfula, tuberculosis | 236 | 256 | 244 | 207 | 943 | |||||||
35 Other constitutnl dis's | 172 | 164 | 154 | 189 | 679 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
36 Premature birth | 626 | 579 | 656 | 656 | 2517 | 63 Accidents | 816 | 717 | 697 | 688 | 2918 | |
37 Atelectasi | 37 | 37 | 51 | 54 | 179 | 64 Other than accidental. | 119 | 132 | 134 | 122 | 507 | |
38 Congnitl. malformatns. | 88 | 98 | 102 | 100 | 388 | |||||||
39Old age | 717 | 589 | 565 | 776 | 2647 | 65 Other causes | 744 | 698 | 1035 | 787 | 3264 |