Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town page 20

Mile End 1859

Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town

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TABLE V. CAUSES OF DEATH, 1858.

DISEASES.	DEATHS.
	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.
	Fever	11	8	7	21	47
Small Pox	1		1		2
Measles	22	8	7	6	43
Scarlatina and Cynanche Maligna	13	21	19	35	88
Diarrhœa	4	4	18	4	30
Cholera			5		5
Dysentery				1	1
Diphtheria	1	1	5	4	11
Whooping Cough	13	23	23	11	70
Croup	6	10	3	11	30
Erysipelas	5		2	1	8
Diseases of Abdomenal Organs	10	11	15	8	44
Pulmonary Consumption	35	29	41	42	147
Inflammation of the Lungs	62	21	13	26	122
Diarrhœa, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Children under 3 years	44	27	20	48	139
Water on the Brain, and Convulsions of Infants	25	35	30	29	119
Dropsy	6	9	8	4	27
Cancer	4	3	7	2	16
Hernia	2		2		4
Diseases of the Heart and large Bloodvessels	22	10	16	11	59
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and Diseases of the Brain	34	14	21	16	85
Puerperal Fever		2	2	2	6
Premature Birth, and Debility from Birth	21	19	17	16	73
Violence, Privation, and Poison	8	9	9	5	31
Natural Decay	43	37	22	47	149
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic	43	33	37	42	155
Total	435	334	350	392	1511