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 for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I. —Continued.
Deaths Registered in the Pariah of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the 13 Weeks ending June 27th, 1857.
Causes of Death | ages. | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | Under 5 | Under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | |||
VII. Digestive Organs: | |||||||||
37 | Teething | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||||
Quinsy | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Peretonitis | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Ascites | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Ulceration of Intestines . | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Hernia (Rupture) | |||||||||
Ileus .................... | |||||||||
Intussusception | |||||||||
Stricture oflntestinalCana | |||||||||
Disease of Stomach, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Disease of Pancreas | |||||||||
Hepatitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Jaundice | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Disease of Liver | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
Disease of Spleen | |||||||||
VIII. Kidneys, &e.: | |||||||||
7 | Nephritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Nephrea (Brights disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Ischuria | |||||||||
Diabetes | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Stone | |||||||||
Cystitis | |||||||||
Stricture of Urethra | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Disease of Kidnevs. &c | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
IX. Childbirth: | |||||||||
7 | Paramenia | ||||||||
Ovarian Dropsy | |||||||||
Childbirth | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
Disease of Uterus, & | 2 | 2 | |||||||
X. Joints, Bones, &c.: | |||||||||
Arthritis | |||||||||
Rheumatism | |||||||||
Disease of Joints, &c | |||||||||
XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue | |||||||||
1 | Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Phlegmon | |||||||||
Disease of Skin, &c | |||||||||
XII. Malformations | 2 | 2 | |||||||
XTIT. Prematdre Birth | |||||||||
27 | Debility .............. | 27 | 27 | ||||||
7 | XIV. Atrophy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
37 | XV. Age | 4 | 23 | 10 | 37 | ||||
XVII. Violence, Privation : | |||||||||
13 | Intemperance | ||||||||
Privation of Food | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||
Neglect | |||||||||
Cold | |||||||||
Poison | |||||||||
Burns and Scalds | |||||||||
Hanging | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Suffocation | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Drowning | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Wounds | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Other Violence | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
32 | Not Specified | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 32 |