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 VII.
ANALYSIS of the C ases T reated by tiik D istrict M edical O fficers of the B orough
| Diseases. | Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 5,209 | 37 Atelectasis | .. |
| 38 Congenital malformations | .. | ||
| 39 Old age | 154 | ||
| 1 Small-pox | .. | 40 Apoplexy | 8 |
| 2 Measles | 213 | 41 Epilepsy | 43 |
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 13 | 42 Convulsions | 4 |
| 4 Typhus | .. | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 266 |
| 5 Relapsing fever | .. | ||
| 6 Influenza | 56 | ||
| 7 Whooping Cough | 46 | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 52 |
| 8 Diphtheria | 2 | ||
| 9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | 8 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 183 |
| 10 Enteric fever | 3 | 46 Laryngitis | 7 |
| 11 Simple cholera | .. | 47 Bronchitis | 1,303 |
| 12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 183 | 48 Pneumonia | 97 |
| 13 Remittent fever | .. | 49 Pleurisy | 26 |
| 14 Hydrophobia | .. | 50 Other respiratory diseases | 25 |
| 15 Glanders | .. | 51 Dentition | 9 |
| 16 Cow pox and Effects of vaccination | .. | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 54 |
| 53 Enteritis | 58 | ||
| 17 Venereal affections | 35 | 54 Peritonitis | 3 |
| 18 Erysipelas | 30 | 55 Diseases of liver | 24 |
| 19 Pyaemia and septicaemia | 4 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 398 |
| 20 Puerperal fever | .. | ||
| 21 Tabes mesenterica | .. | ||
| 22 Tuberculous meningitis | 3 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 18 |
| 23 Phthisis | 264 | ||
| 24 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 25 | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 50 |
| 25 Other zymotic diseases | 39 | ||
| 59 Diseases of the generative system | 34 | ||
| 26 Thrush | .. | ||
| 27 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 4 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 13 |
| 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 240 | ||
| 28 Starvation, want of breast-milk | .. | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 163 |
| 29 Alcoholism | 9 | ||
| 30 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 53 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 35 |
| 64 Gun shot wounds | .. | ||
| 31 Rheumatism | 408 | 65 Cut, stab | 3 |
| 32 Gout | 95 | 66 Burns or scalds | 9 |
| 33 Rickets | 6 | 67 Poison | 1 |
| 34 Cancer | 31 | 68 Drowning | .. |
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 17 | 69 Suffocation | . . |
| 70 Otherwise | 55 | ||
| 36 Premature birth | 1 | 71 Other causes | 326 |