Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town page 14

Mile End 1865

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

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TABLE VI. CAUSES OF DEATH.

DISEASES.	DEATHS.
DISEASES.	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.
Fever	21	12	26	30	89
Small Pox	2	2	2	1	7
Measles	3	41	51	20	115
Scarlatina	36	13	25	48	122
Cynanche, Maligna, and Diphtheria	3	5	4	3	15
Diarrhœa of Adults .	-	-	-	-	-
Do. Children under 3 yrs.	1	6	52	8	69
Cholera	—	2	4	1	7
Dysentry	—	2	1	—	3
Whooping Cough	36	15	11	5	67
Croup	10	12	8	11	41
Erysipelas	3	1	2	5	11
Diseases of Abdominal Organs	13	4	10	8	35
Bronchitis, Pneumonia &c., of Children under 3 years	38	38	28	53	157
Do. of Adults	90	23	15	45	173
Pulmonary Consumption	37	49	58	44	88
Water on the Brain and Convulsions of Infants	24	20	18	24	86
Teeting	14	9	14	11	48
Dropsy	12	6	8	15	41
Cancer	7	5	7	4	23
Hernia	1	-	-	1	2
Diseases of Heart and large Bloodvesels	.27	18	19	31	95
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain	28	27	31	43	129
Puerperal Fever	1	6	—	1	8
Premature Birth and Debitity from Birth	34	32	46	34	146
Violenee, Privation and Poison	14	12	10	7	43
Other Diseases, Chiefly Chronic	52	35	27	45	159
Natural Decay	35	24	18	23	100
Total	542	419	495	521	1977