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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Whitechapel 1896

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: Table M.—ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM EACH DISEASE DURING THE 10 YEARS ENDING 1895.

Table M.—ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM EACH DISEASE DURING THE 10 YEARS ENDING 1895.

ZYMOTIC DISEASES.ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
1 Small-PoxVaccinated.546 Croup17.0
Unvaccinated.147 Bronchitis219.6
No statement.348 Pneumonia146.0
2 Measles50.149 Pleurisy4.5
3 Scarlet Fever20.350 Other Respiratory Dis eases34.8
4 Typhus ,,.4
5 Relapsing Fever..
6 Influenza17.551 Dentition19.5
7 Whooping Cough33.752 Quinzy, Sore Throat1.5
8 Diphtheria38.853 Enteritis..
9 Simple, continued and Ill-defined Fever.654 Peritonitis7.4
55 Diseases of Liver15.7
10 Enteric Fever9.056 Other Diseases of Digestive System74.6
11 Simple Cholera.5
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery54.1
13 Remittent Fever..57 Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands11
14 Hydrophobia
15 Glanders.1
16 Cow-Pox and effects of Vaccination..58 Diseases of Urinary System49.8
17 Venereal Affections9.9
18 Erysipelas4.8
19 Pyaemia and Septcæmia2.9
20 Puerperal Fever1.659 Diseases, Generative System4.9
21 Other Zymotic Diseases.660 Accidents of Childbirth9.5
22 Thrush.6
23 Worms and other Parasitic Diseases.161 Diseases of Locomotive System4.0
24 Starvation, Want of) Breast-milk2.062 Diseases of Integumentary System6.0
25 Alcoholism3.3
26 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of Heart2.3VIOLENT DEATHS. (Accident.)
27 Rheumatism3.3
28 Gout1.4
29 Rickets4.363 Fracture and Contusion18.1
30 Cancer40.264 Gun Shot Wounds.1
31 Tabes Mesenterica22.965 Cut, Stab.5
32 Tubercular Meningitis14.866 Burn and Scald9.8
33 Phthisis167.767 Poison1.4
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis19.568 Drowning2.4
35 Other Constitutional) Diseases106.369 Suffocation19.9
70 Otherwise2.9
36 Premature Birth30.0(Homicide.)
37 Atelectasis.771 Murder and Manslaughter1.4
38 Congenital Malformations.5
39 Old Age63.0(Suicide.)
72 Gun Shot Wounds.3
40 Apoplexy30.473 Cut, Stab.8
41 Epilepsy7074 Poison1.4
42 Convulsions47.075 Drowning.3
43 Other diseases of Brain and Nervous System96.976 Hanging1.7
77 Otherwise.3
44 Diseases of Organs of special sense1.6(Execution.)
78 Hanging..
45 Diseases of the Circulatory System128.8
79 Other Causes1.0