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 VIII.
ANALYSIS of the Cases Treated by the District Medical Officers of the Borough
| Diseases. | Diseases. |
|---|---|
| All Causes 5,261 | 37 Atelectasis |
| 38 Congenital malformations | |
| 39 Old age 155 | |
| 1 Small-pox | 40 Apoplexy 8 |
| 2 Measles 198 | 41 Epilepsy 38 |
| 3 Scarlet Fever 11 | 42 Convulsions 3 |
| 4 Typhus | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system 233 |
| 5 Relapsing fever | |
| 6 Influenza 130 | |
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense 29 | |
| 7 Whooping Cough 130 | |
| 8 Diphtheria 4 | |
| 9 Simple, continued and ill- defined fever 8 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system 202 |
| 46 Laryngitis 7 | |
| 10 Enteric fever 5 | |
| 47 Bronchitis 1279 | |
| 11 Simple cholera | |
| 48 Pneumonia 102 | |
| 12 Diarrhoea, dysentery 104 | |
| 49 Pleurisy 30 | |
| 13 Remittent fever | |
| 50 Other respiratory diseases 26 | |
| 14 Hydrophobia | |
| 15 Glanders | |
| 51 Dentition 20 | |
| 16 Cow pox and Effects of vaccination | |
| 52 Quinsy, sore throat 57 | |
| 53 Enteritis 75 | |
| 17 Venereal affections 38 | |
| 54 Peritonitis 2 | |
| 18 Erysipelas 46 | |
| 55 Diseases of liver 26 | |
| 19 Pyaemia and septicæmia 6 | |
| 56 Other diseases of digestive system 449 | |
| 20 Puerperal fever 6 | |
| 21 Tabes mesenterica | |
| 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands 17 | |
| 22 Tuberculous meningitis 1 | |
| 23 Phthisis 190 | |
| 24 Scrofula, tuberculosis 40 | |
| 58 Diseases of urinary system 58 | |
| 25 Other zymotic diseases 28 | |
| 26 Thrush | 59 Diseases of the generative system 52 |
| 27 Worms and other parasitic diseases 1 | 60 Accidents of childbirth 25 |
| 61 Diseases of locomotive system 240 | |
| 28 Starvation, want of breast-milk 4 | |
| 62 Diseases of integumentary system 177 | |
| 29 Alcoholism 4 | |
| 30 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart 47 | 63 Fracture and contusion 30 |
| 64 Gun shot wounds | |
| 65 Cut, stab 1 | |
| 31 Rheumatism 355 | |
| 66 Burns or scalds 7 | |
| 32 Gout 104 | |
| 67 Poison 4 | |
| 33 Rickets 1 | |
| 68 Drowning | |
| 34 Cancer 36 | |
| 69 Suffocation | |
| 35 Other constitutional diseases 36 | |
| 70 Otherwise 53 | |
| 36 Premature birth 2 | 71 Other causes 322 |