Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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TABLE V.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
DISEASES: | DEATHS. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4lh Quartet | Total | |
Fever | 11 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 54 |
Small Pox | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
Measles | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 39 |
Scarlatina and Cynanche Maligna | 31 | 14 | 30 | 53 | 128 |
Diarrhœa | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 8 |
Cholera | . | . | 6 | . | 6 |
Dysentery | . | . | . | . | . |
Diphtheria | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
Croup | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Diseases of Abdominal Organs | 9 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 38 |
Pulmonary Consumption | 43 | 51 | 47 | 30 | 171 |
Inflamation of the Lungs | 36 | 23 | 15 | 48 | 122 |
Diarrhœa, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Children under 3 years | 30 | 30 | 97 | 29 | 186 |
Water on the Brain, and Convulsions of Infants | 34 | 35 | 21 | 31 | 121 |
Dropsy | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
Cancer | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
Hernia | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Diseases of the Heart and large Bloodvessels | 20 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 |
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and Diseases of the Brain | 26 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 83 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Premature Birth, an Debility from Birth | 24 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 67 |
Violence, Privation, and Poison | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
Natural Decay | 43 | 30 | 24 | 45 | 142 |
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 33 | 24 | 49 | 23 | 129 |
Total | 390 | 327 | 403 | 413 | 1533 |