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
Shoreditch 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I.
Deaths Distributed according to diseases—for 1855, 1856, and 1857.
| Causes of Death. | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | Causes of Death. | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Zymotic: | Enteritis | 20 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Small Pox | 53 | 13 | 7 | Peritonitis | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| Measles | 48 | 50 | 83 | Ascites | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Scarlatina | 138 | 111 | 109 | Ulceration of Intestines | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Hooping Cough | 131 | 129 | 162 | Hernia (Rupture) | 3 | 6 | ... |
| Croup | 35 | 34 | 31 | Ileus | 6 | 5 | ... |
| Thrush | 12 | 7 | 13 | Intussusception | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 112 | 107 | 146 | Stricture of Intestinal Canal | 2 | ... | 3 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Cholera | 6 | 8 | 3 | Disease of Stomach, &c . | 5 | 16 | 15 |
| Influenza | 6 | 3 | 9 | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | 15 | 11 | |
| Ague | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Remittent Fever | 2 | ... | 8 | Jaundice | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Infantile Fever | 2 | 3 | Disease of Liver | 10 | 21 | 23 | |
| Typhus Fever | 153 | 225 | 184 | Disease of Spleen | 1 | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever (Metria) | 13 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 6 | 9 | 6 | VIII. Kidney, &c.: | |||
| Erysipelas | 13 | 21 | 15 | Nephria (Bright's Dis.) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Syphilis | 8 | 9 | 5 | Stone | 7 | 1 | ... |
| Noma (Canker) | 4 | 1 | 1 | Cystitis | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Stricture of Urethra | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||
| II. Dropsy, &c.; | Disease of Bladder, &c . | ... | |||||
| Hemorrhage | 7 | 13 | 4 | Disease of Kidney | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| Dropsy | 77 | 51 | 34 | ||||
| Abscess | 5 | 2 | 8 | IX. Childbirth: | |||
| Ulcer | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ovarian Dropsy | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Fistula | 1 | 1 | ... | Childbirth (see Metria) . | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Mortification | 1 | 9 | 4 | Disease of Uterns, &c. | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Cancer | 42 | 31 | 46 | ||||
| Gout | 3 | ... | 1 | X. Joints, Bones, &c.; | |||
| Rheumatism | 5 | 6 | ... | ||||
| III. Tubercular: | Disease of Joints, &c. | 10 | 3 | ... | |||
| Scrofula | 15 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 55 | 50 | 86 | XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue | |||
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 392 | 334 | 371 | Carbuncle | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 64 | 60 | 61 | Phlegmon | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Disease of Skin, &c | ... | 2 | 1 | ||||
| IV. Brain and Nerves: | |||||||
| Cephalitis | 31 | 27 | 30 | XII. Malformations; | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Apoplexy | 72 | 59 | 44 | ||||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | 85 | 66 | 45 | XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 53 | 65 | 68 |
| Delirium Tremens | 7 | 4 | 22 | ||||
| Epilepsy | 22 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| Tetanus | 1 | ... | 12 | XIV. Atrophy | 118 | 92 | 88 |
| Insanity | 18 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| Convulsions | 107 | 102 | 107 | XV. Old Age | 86 | 80 | 133 |
| Disease of Brain, &c | 26 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| XVI. Violent Death; | |||||||
| V. Heart Blood Vessels | 75 | 81 | 79 | Intemperance | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Privation of Food | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| VI. Lungs and Organs of Respiration: | Want of Breast Milk | 23 | 19 | 6 | |||
| Neglect | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Laryngitis | 16 | 14 | 13 | Cold | 1 | ... | |
| Bronchitis | 189 | 191 | 243 | Poison | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 256 | 235 | 235 | Burns and Scalds | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Asthma | 39 | 41 | 28 | Hanging | 6 | a | 5 |
| Disease of Lungs | 11 | 7 | 21 | Suffocation | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| Drowning | 7 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| VII. Stomach & Digestive Organs: | Fractures & Contusions . | 6 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Wounds | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Teething | 37 | 19 | 22 | Other Violence | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Quinsey | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Gastritis | 4 | 4 | 4 | XVII. Causes not specified | 78 | 52 | 85 |