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Whitechapel 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE XIII.— Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 26th September, 1857.

TABLE XIII.— Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 26th September, 1857.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 404o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
1.— Zymotic:—Brought forward.....................442
Small Pox...2...............2Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles115...............16
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)...94............13Hernia (Rupture).........111...2
Hooping Cough...310............13(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)1.........11...3
Croup16...............7
Thrush11...............2
Diarrhœa (bowel complaint)513122781102
Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)........................
Dysentery4............2...6
Cholera23.........1...6
Influenza........................
Scurvy and Purpura........................Stricture of Intestinal Canal........................
Ague........................
Remittent Fever...1...............1Disease of Stomach, &c.........................
Infantile Fever1..................1
Typhus Fever...24663...21Disease of Pancreas........................
Puerperal Fever (Metria)........................Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)........................
Rheumatic Fever...............2...2Jaundice........................
Erysipelas (Rose)2......12......5Disease of Liver............22...4
Syphilis2..................2Cirrhosis......11.........2
Noma (Canker)........................Disease of Spleen........................
Hydrophobia........................VIII. Kidney, &c.
II.—Dropsy, &c.Nephritis........................
Hæmorhage........................Nephria (Bright's disease1...221......6
Dropsy...2......32...7
Abscess (Gathering)...1...............1Ischuria........................
Ulcer........................Diabetes.........1.........1
Fistula........................Stone........................
Mortification........................Cystitis........................
Cancer.........141...6Stricture of Urethra............2226
Gout........................Disease of Bladder........................
III.— TubercularIX. Childbirth
Scrofula...12............3Paramenia........................
Tabes Mesenterica2317...............40Ovarian Dropsy........................
Phthisis(Consumptn)12419241...51Childbirth (See Metria)........................
Hydrocephalus(water on the Brain)1312......1......26Disease of Uterus, &c.........................
X. Joints, Bones, &c
IV.- Brain & NervesRheumatism........................
Cephalitis........................Arthritis........................
Apoplexy......2...42...8Disease of Joints, &c.............1......1
Palsy (Paralysis).........12317XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c.
Delirium Tremens.........1.........1
Chorea........................Carbuncle............1......1
Epilepsy............1......1Phlegmon........................
Tetanus........................Diseases of Skin. &c.........................
Insanity........................
Convulsions182...............20XII. Malformation.
Disease of Brain, &c....2...12......5Cyanosis........................
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—Spina Bifida........................
Other Malformations......1............1
Pericarditis........................XIII. Premature
Aneurism.........1.........1Birth & Debilily12..................12
Disease of Heart, &c.......113...16XIV. Atrophy1..................1
VI.— Lungs and Organs of Respiration:—XV. Old Age...............141024
XVI. Sudden........................
Laryngitis........................XVII. Violent Death
Bronchitis8.........31...12
Pleurisy........................Intemperance........................
Pneumonia1210...133...29Privation of Food........................
Asthma............12...3Want of Breast Milk........................
Disease of Lungs1............1...2Neglect........................
Cold........................
VII.— Stomach and Digestive Organs:Poison........................
Burns and Scalds...1...............1
Teething24...............6Hanging........................
Quinsey........................Suffocation.........3.........3
Gastritis...1...............1Drowning......11.........2
Enteritis......11......24Violence3...5782...25
Peritonitis........................XVIII. Not Specified.413411...14
Ascites......11......13
Ulceration of Intestines........................
Carried Forward.....................442Grand Total.....................551