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 1894 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the eleventh annual report
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T able (h).— DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1894.
Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4 th Quarter. | Total. | |
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All Causes | 1610 | 1208 | 1020 | 1345 | 5183 | 40 Apoplexy | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
41 Epilepsy | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 62 | 53 | 49 | 60 | 224 | ||||||
1 SmallPox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 13 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 56 | |
No statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
2 Measles | 23 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 93 | |||||||
3 Scarlet-Fever | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 33 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 104 | |
4 Typhus ,, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
6 Influenza | 45 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 91 | 46 Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
7 Whooping-Cough | 26 | 2 | .. | 2 | 30 | 47 Bronchitis | 190 | 118 | 80 | 181 | 569 | |
8 Diphtheria | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 48 Pneumonia | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |
9 Simple, Continued and ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 Pleurisy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
50 Other respiratory diseases | 214 | 84 | 87 | 143 | 528 | |||||||
10 Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
11 Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 Dentition | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 11 | 19 | 48 | 21 | 99 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 20 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 60 | |
13 Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
14 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 Diseases of liver | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
16 Cow Pox and effects of vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 78 | 84 | 56 | 74 | 292 | |
17 Venereal affections | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 63 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | |
19 Pyæmia and Septicæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 26 | 17 | 29 | 35 | 107 | |
22 Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic Diseases | .. | 1 | l | .. | 2 | 59 Diseases of generative system | 76 | 59 | 69 | 93 | 297 | |
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 5 | 8 | l | 1 | 15 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | |
25 Alcoholism | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 152 | 147 | 131 | 185 | 615 | |
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 84 | 76 | 72 | 92 | 324 | |
27 Rheumatism | 113 | 110 | 84 | 118 | 425 | |||||||
28 Gout | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | VIOLENCE,—Accident. | ||||||
30 Cancer | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
63 Fracture and contusion | 36 | 37 | 36 | 44 | 153 | |||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 64 Gun shot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
33 Phthisis | 21 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 74 | 65 Cut, stab | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 66 Burn and scald | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
35 Other constitutnl diseases | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 67 Poison | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
_ | 68 Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
36 Premature birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 69 Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
37 Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
38 Congenital malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 Other causes | 308 | 171 | 121 | 122 | 722 | |
39 Old age | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 |