London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Mile End 1862
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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TABLE VI.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
| diseases. | deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
| Fever | 9 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 56 |
| Small Pox | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Measles | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 |
| Scarlatina | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 59 |
| Cynanche Maligna and Diphtheria | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Diarrhœa of Adults | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Do Children under 3yrs. | 1 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 46 |
| Cholera | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| W hooping Cough | 15 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 91 |
| Croup | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Diseases of Abdominal Organs | 17 | 12 | 49 | ||
| Inflammation of Lungs | 51 | 23 | 22 | 39 | 135 |
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c., of Children under three years of age | 34 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 113 |
| Pulmonary Consumption | 36 | 43 | 34 | 37 | 150 |
| Water on the Brain and Convulsions of Infants | 27 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 90 |
| Dentition | 10 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 44 |
| Dropsy | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| Cancer | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Hernia | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Diseases of Heart and large Bloodvessels . | 20 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 74 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 27 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 103 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Premature Birth, and Debility from Birth. | 21 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 96 |
| Violence,Privation,and Poison | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 |
| Natural Decay | 53 | 38 | 19 | 36 | 146 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 34 | 28 | 37 | 20 | 119 |
| 408 | 380 | 368 | 400 | 1556 | |