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 1896 (consisting of 53 weeks) being the thirteenth annual report
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Table (H).—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1896.
Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||
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All Causes | 1116 | 1187 | 1227 | 1393 | 5223 | 40 Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
41 Epilepsy | 8 | 13 | 8 | .. | 29 | |||||||||
42 Convulsions | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | |||||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other diseases of brain) and nervous system | 48 | 45 | 51 | 61 | 205 | ||||||||
1 Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 14 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 61 | |||
No statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
2 Measles | 4 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 45 Diseases of circulatory | ||||||||
3 Scarlet-Fever | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 19 | system | 43 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 110 | |||
4 Typhus ,, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
6 Influenza | 34 | 25 | 15 | 26 | 100 | 47 Bronchitis | 203 | 126 | 76 | 146 | 551 | |||
7 Whooping Cough | 11 | 4 | 2 | .. | 17 | 48 Pneumonia | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |||
8 Diphtheria | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 49 Pleurisy | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | |||
9 Simple, Continued and ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 Other respiratory diseases | 164 | 135 | 120 | 239 | 658 | |||
10 Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 Dentition | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |||
11 Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 15 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 63 | |||
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 6 | 15 | 47 | 1-2 | 80 | 53 Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
13 Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
14 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 Diseases of liver | .. | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |||
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
18 Cow Pox and effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 Other diseases of diges tive system | 66 | 72 | 92 | 69 | 299 | |||
17 Venereal affections | 41 | 24 | 43 | 32 | 140 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | |||
18 Erysipelas | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||
19 Pyemia and Septiæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
20 Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
21 Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 40 | 28 | 17 | 30 | 115 | |||
22 Thrush | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 59 Diseases of generative system | 74 | 64 | 72 | 50 | 260 | |||
60 Accidents of childbirth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 13 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 74 | 61 Diseases of locomotive) system | 160 | 152 | 166 | 194 | 672 | |||
25 Alcoholism | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 34 | |||||||||
26 Rheumntic Fever and rheumatism of heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 74 | 63 | 48 | 54 | 239 | |||
27 Rheumatism | 122 | 104 | 104 | 147 | 477 | |||||||||
28 Goat | 2 | 6 | .. | 5 | 13 | ACCIDENTS. | ||||||||
29 Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
30 Cancer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | 9 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 54 | 45 | 47 | 63 | 209 | |||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 Gun shot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
33 Phthisis | 20 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 84 | 65 Cut, stab | .. | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 66 Burn and scald | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 9 | |||
35 Other constitutnl.diseases | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 67 Poison | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
36 Premature birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
69 Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
37 Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
38 Congenital malformation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 Other causes | 147 | 87 | 141 | 98 | 473 | |||
39 Old age | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |