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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Table N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOE FOUR QUARTERS ENDED DECEMBER 29 th , 1894.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
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All Causes | 22989 | 18834 | 17240 | 18000 | 77063 | 40 Apoplexy | 580 | 483 | 426 | 501 | 1990 | |
41 Epilepsy | 105 | 95 | 77 | 73 | 350 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 42 Convulsions | 471 | 433 | 500 | 451 | 1855 | ||||||
43 Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1085 | 976 | 916 | 936 | 3913 | |||||||
1 SmallPox | Vaccinated | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 31 | ||||||
Unvaccinated | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 48 | 44 Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 46 | 37 | 41 | 38 | 162 | |
No statement | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 24 | |||||||
2 Measles | 788 | 1745 | 459 | 300 | 3292 | |||||||
3 Scarlet Fever | 270 | 286 | 228 | 175 | 965 | |||||||
4 Typhus „ | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | 45 Diseases of the Circulatory System | 1797 | 1407 | 1308 | 1530 | 6042 | |
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
6 Influenza | 453 | 110 | 53 | 134 | 750 | |||||||
7 Whooping cough | 932 | 608 | 349 | 205 | 2094 | 46 Croup | 53 | 35 | 39 | 39 | 166 | |
8 Diphtheria | 728 | 652 | 611 | 653 | 2674 | 47 Bronchitis | 3308 | 1418 | 937 | 2157 | 7820 | |
9 Simple, Continued & Ill-defined Fever | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 48 Pneumonia | 1947 | 1399 | 727 | 1251 | 5324 | |
49 Pleurisy | 72 | 72 | 53 | 44 | 241 | |||||||
10 Enteric Fever | 139 | 124 | 107 | 265 | 635 | 50 Other respiratory dis's. | 386 | 239 | 191 | 277 | 1093 | |
11 Simple Cholera | 4 | 26 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||
L2 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 171 | 140 | 1215 | 254 | 1780 | 51 Dentition | 127 | 115 | 104 | 71 | 41'/ | |
13 Remittent Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 52 Quinzy, Sore Throat | 17 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 81 | |
14 Hydrophobia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 53 Enteritis | 144 | 155 | 456 | 162 | 917 | |
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 54 Peritonitis | 87 | 87 | 62 | 81 | 31/ | |
16 Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 55 Diseases of Liver | 296 | 262 | 310 | 286 | 1154 | |
56 Other Diseases of Digestive System | 427 | 371 | 375 | 347 | 1520 | |||||||
17 Venereal Affections | 129 | 115 | 122 | 133 | 499 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 86 | 52 | 36 | 47 | 221 | 57 Diseases of Lymphatic system and Ductless glands | 31 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 119 | |
19 Pyæmia & Septicæmia | 26 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 96 | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | 87 | 53 | 29 | 39 | 208 | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases | 19 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 70 | |||||||
22 Thrush | 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 58 Diseases of Urinary system | 569 | 503 | 480 | 505 | 2057 | |
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |||||||
24 Starvation, Want of Breast-milk | 35 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 96 | 59 Diseases, Generative system | 78 | 65 | 58 | 56 | 257 | |
25 Alcoholism | 115 | 104 | 100 | 111 | 430 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart | 113 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 352 | 60 Accidents of Childbirth | 81 | 64 | 56 | 65 | 266 | |
27 Rheumatism | 24 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 75 | 61 Diseases of Locomotive system | 84 | 90 | 68 | 68 | 310 | |
28 Gout | 51 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 154 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 65 | 68 | 60 | 63 | 256 | |||||||
30 Cancer | 833 | 843 | 876 | 889 | 3441 | 62 Diseases of Integumentary system J | 66 | 62 | 58 | 77 | 263 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 236 | 187 | 324 | 207 | 954 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 273 | 264 | 319 | 236 | 1092 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 2180 | 1848 | 1641 | 1873 | 7542 | |||||||
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 256 | 241 | 262 | 224 | 983 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
35 Other constitut'nl dis's | 162 | 160 | 148 | 157 | 627 | |||||||
36 Premature Birth | 571 | 574 | 568 | 648 | 2361 | 63 Accidents | 758 | 631 | 613 | 621 | 2623 | |
37 Atelectasis | 54 | 44 | 50 | 58 | 206 | 64 Other than Accidental | 134 | 143 | 143 | 103 | 523 | |
38 Congntl. Malformatns | 95 | 97 | 99 | 114 | 405 | 65 Other Causes | 661 | 541 | 788 | 675 | 2665 | |
39 Old Age | 647 | 517 | 439 | 532 | 2135 |