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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 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total under 5 | Grand Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascites | Males | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Females | ||||||||||
| Ulceration of Intestine | Males | |||||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hernia | Males | 3 | ||||||||
| Females | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ilius | Males | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Stricture Intes. Canal | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Disease of Stomach...... | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Disease of Liver | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | I | 4 | |||||||
| Diabetes | Males | 1 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Cystitis | Males | I | 1 | |||||||
| Females | 2 | |||||||||
| Stricture of Urethra | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Disease of Kidneys....... | Males | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Females | 1 | |||||||||
| Ovarian Dropsy | Females | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Child-birth | Females | 4 | ||||||||
| Disease of Joints | Males | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Privation of Food, &c. | Males | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | Males | 2 | ||||||||
| Females | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Poison | Males | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Burns and Scalds | Males | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Females | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |||||
| Drowning | Males | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Wounds | Males | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Violence | Males | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Females | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| Causes not specified | Males | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Females | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 44 | |||
| Sudden | Males | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Females | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Age | Males | 7 | ||||||||
| Females | 13 | 4 | 24 | |||||||
| Debility from Premature Birth. | Males | 7 | ||||||||
| Females | 9 | 16 | 16 |
It is necessary for me to add, that Mr. Coward, since his appointment as
Sanitary Inspector, has taken before the Police Magistrate, two persons, engaged in
selling putrid fish. In each instance the fish was ordered to be destroyed.
Such cases of gross immorality as described by Dr. Letheby in his report to the
Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London, have not been found to exist in the
Whitechapel District. This is probably in consequence of the vigilance of the police
appointed by virtue of the act for the better regulation of common lodging-houses,
which act does not extend to the City of London.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
15, Great Alie Street,
23rd May, 1857.
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN LIDDLE.