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

London County Council 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Causes of Death—London 1857

Causes of Death—London 1857

Smallpox156Hernia152
Measles1,341Ileus162
Scarlatina1,599Intussesception54
Whooping Cough2,527Stricture of the intestinal canal48
Croup501Disease of Stomach, etc.255
Thrush153Disease of Pancreas3
Diarrhoea3,115Hepatitis152
Dysentery183Jaundice201
Cholera214Disease of liver648
Influenza132Disease of spleen17
Purpura and Scurvy36Digestive diseases3,307
Ague19Nephritis27
Remittent Fever85Nephria (or Bright's disease)263
Infantile Fever38Ischuria9
Typhus2,096Diabetes53
Metria (or Puerperal Fever)118Stone27
Rheumatic Fever94Cystitis35
Erysipelas294Stricture of the Urethra43
Syphilis227Disease of Kidneys, etc.320
Noma (or Canker)37Urinary Diseases777
Zymotic diseases12,965Paramenia12
Haemorrhage172Ovarian Dropsy50
Dropsy699Childbirth (see Metria)247
Abscess126Disease of Uterus and Organs
Ulcer54of Generation145
Fistula23Childbirth and Diseases of the Organs of Generation454
Mortification179
Cancer1,142
Gout54Arthritis9
Diseases of uncertain or variable sect2,449Rheumatism184
Disease of Joints193
Scrofula337Diseases of Organs of locomotion386
Tabes mesenterica920
Phthisis (or Consumption)7,369Carbuncle64
Hydrocephalus1,494Phlegmon29
Tubercular diseases10,120Disease of skin54
Cephalitis564Diseases of Integumentary system147
Apoplexy1,361
Paralysis1,123Cyanosis74
Delirium tremens138Spina Bifida39
Chorea3Other malformations74
Epilepsy367Malformations187
Tetanus17Premature Birth and Debility1,704
Insanity77
Convulsions1,954Atrophy1,895
Disease of Brain, etc.672Age2,338
Diseases of the nervous systemSudden Deaths (causes unascertained)448
6,276
Pericarditis101Intemperance99
Aneurism68Privation of Food32
Disease of Heart2,092Want of Breast-milk470
Circulatory diseases2,261Neglect11
Laryngitis288Cold4
Bronchitis5,710Poison99
Pleurisy129Burns and Scalds266
Pneumonia3,853Hanging and suffocation315
Asthma626Drowning340
Disease of Lungs277Fractures and contusions661
Respiratory diseases10,883Wounds107
Teething633Other violence64
Quinsy792,333
Gastritis83Causes not specified173
Enteritis290
Peritonitis233
Ascites155TOTAL
Ulceration of Intestines14259,103