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 L.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR FOUR QUARTERS ENDED DECEMBER 26th, 1896.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quarter. | '2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4 th Quarter. | Total. | |
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All Causes | 21619 | 19699 | 20727 | 19699 | 81744 | 40 Apoplexy | 544 | 507 | 457 | 571 | 2079 | |
41 Epilepsy | 106 | 87 | 69 | 92 | 354 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 442 | 444 | 487 | 445 | 1818 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1036 | 1002 | 1018 | 954 | 4010 | ||||||
1 Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | ||||||
Unvaccinated | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | |||||||
No statement | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 44 Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 41 | 50 | 51 | 43 | 185 | |
2 Measles | 1384 | 1630 | 497 | 170 | 3681 | |||||||
3 Scarlet Fever | 264 | 197 | 218 | 244 | 923 | |||||||
4 Typhus ,, | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 | 45 Diseases of the Circulatory System | 1842 | 1553 | 1463 | 1851 | 6709 | |
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
6 Influenza | 168 | 129 | 42 | 143 | 482 | |||||||
7 Whooping cough | 979 | 1188 | 504 | 220 | 2891 | 46 Croup | 42 | 35 | 27 | 42 | 146 | |
8 Diphtheria | 683 | 567 | 649 | 736 | 2635 | 47 Bronchitis | 2544 | 1454 | 826 | 2528 | 7352 | |
9 Simple, Continued & Ill-defined Fever | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 48 Pneumonia | 1744 | 1342 | 816 | 1526 | 5428 | |
49 Pleurisy | 64 | 67 | 52 | 65 | 248 | |||||||
10 Enteric Fever | 137 | 81 | 163 | 197 | 578 | 50 Other respiratory dis's. | 367 | 248 | 197 | 333 | 1145 | |
11 Simple Cholera | .. | 5 | 89 | 1 | 95 | |||||||
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 129 | 269 | 2625 | 186 | 3209 | 51 Dentition | 123 | 116 | 119 | 95 | 453 | |
13 Remittent Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 52 Quinzy, Sore Throat | 6 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 70 | |
14 Hydrophobia | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 53 Enteritis | 170 | 219 | 1050 | 230 | 1669 | |
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 Peritonitis | 72 | 73 | 70 | 65 | 280 | |
16 Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 55 Diseases of Liver | 279 | 259 | 343 | 302 | 1183 | |
56 Other Diseases of Digestive System | 390 | 353 | 411 | 334 | 1488 | |||||||
17 Venereal Affections | 116 | 110 | 104 | 108 | 438 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 45 | 39 | 51 | 63 | 198 | |||||||
57 Diseases of Lymphatic system and Duetless glands | 27 | 33 | 35 | 21 | 116 | |||||||
19 Pyemia & Septiæmia | 22 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 90 | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | 59 | 47 | 53 | 63 | 222 | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases | 27 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 74 | |||||||
22 Thrash | 6 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 58 Diseases of Urinary) system | 606 | 521 | 494 | 606 | 2227 | |
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases ) | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
59 Diseases, Generative system | 68 | 62 | 76 | 67 | 273 | |||||||
21 Starvation, Want of Breast-milk | 19 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 60 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 110 | 129 | 141 | 146 | 526 | 60 Accidents of Childbirth | 72 | 69 | 56 | 80 | 277 | |
26 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart | 90 | 63 | 103 | 125 | 381 | |||||||
61 Diseases of Locomotive system | 75 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 252 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 26 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 114 | |||||||
28 Gout | 47 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 149 | 62 Diseases of Integumentary system | 67 | 54 | 78 | 80 | 279 | |
29 Rickets | 73 | 64 | 56 | 50 | 243 | |||||||
30 Lancer | 903 | 1015 | 918 | 947 | 3783 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
31 Tabes Mesenteries | 198 | 203 | 451 | 197 | 1049 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 264 | 336 | 325 | 243 | 1168 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 1933 | 1860 | 1793 | 2022 | 7608 | 63 Accidents | 728 | 695 | 681 | 742 | 2846 | |
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 258 | 258 | 273 | 201 | 990 | 64 Other than Accidental | 129 | 135 | 128 | 102 | 494 | |
35 Other constitut'nl dis's | 172 | 147 | 144 | 223 | 686 | 65 Other Causes | 588 | 567 | 896 | 611 | 2662 | |
36 Premature Birth | 564 | 557 | 702 | 650 | 473 | |||||||
37 Atelectasis | 56 | 49 | 57 | 76 | 238 | 66 Inquests | 1870 | 1744 | 1684 | 1942 | 7240 | |
38 Congntl Malformatns. | 105 | 96 | 109 | 103 | 413 | 67 Uncertified Causes of Deaths | 154 | 118 | 121 | 137 | 530 | |
39 Old Age | 594 | 500 | 531 | 598 | 2223 |