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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
Whitechapel 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE XIII.— continued.
| Causes of Death | Sex. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and | under 20. | 20and under 40. | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total under 5. | Grand Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantile Fever | Males. | |||||||||
| Females. | l | 1 | ||||||||
| Typhus | Males | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Females | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Erysipelas | Males | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Syphilis | Males | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Females | ||||||||||
| Noma (or Canker) | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dropsy | Males | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Females | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Abscess | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Fistula | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Mortification | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | ||||||||||
| Cancer | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Scrofula | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | Males | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Females | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | ||||||
| Phthisis (or Consumption) | Males | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Females | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 77 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | Males | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| Females | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| Apoplexy | Males | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Paralysis | Males | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Females | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Delirium Tremens | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Epilepsy | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Insanity | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Convulsions | Males | 11 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Females | 7 | 2 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
| Disease of Brain | Males | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Pericarditis | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Disease of Heart | Males | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Females | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Laryngitis | Males | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | Males | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Females | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 47 | ||||
| Pleuritis | Males | 3 | ||||||||
| Females | 3 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | Males | 11 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| Females | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 62 | ||||
| Asthma | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| Teething | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gastritis | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Enteritis | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Peritonitis | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 4 | 5 |