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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 1858

[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 3rd April, 1858.

TABLE XIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 3rd April, 1858.

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.
I—Zymotic :—Brought forward11714232711027211547
Small Pox......1............1
Measles314...............17Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)...61............7
Hooping Cough1421237Hernia (Rupture).1......122...6
Croup1.........1......2(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)............1......1
Thrush2..................2
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint)51...125...14
DysenteryIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
Cholera
Influenza
Scurvy and Purpura
Ague............1......1Stricture of Intestinal Canal
Remittent Fever
Infantile Fever...Disease of Stomach, &c.............1......1
Typhus Fever56512432
Puerperal FeverDisease of Pancreas... Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)......11.........2
(Metria).........3.........3
Rheumatic Fever.........1.........1
Erysipelas (Rose)2......313...9Jaundice.........1.........1
SyphilisDisease of Liver
Noma (Canker)Cirrhosis............4......4
HydrophobiaDisease of Spleen
Diptheria...2...............2VIII. Kidney, &c.
II.—Dropsy, &c.Nephritis.........241...7
HæmorhageNephria (Bright's dis ease.........1.........1
Anaemia...............1...1
Dropsy......1122...6Ischuria
Abscess (Gathering)...2.........2...4Disease of Prostate...............1...1
Ulcer.........1.........1Diabetes
Fistula...............1...1Stone
MortificationCystitis
Cancer......1143...9Stricture of Urethra
GoutDisease of Bladder
II.—'Tubercular :—IX. Childbirth
Scrofula...1......1......2Paramenia
Tabes Mesenterica9181............28Ovarian Dropsy
Plithisis(Consumptn)...15282110...65Childbirth (SeeMetria).........2.........2
Hydrocephalus (water on the Brain)109...............19Disease of Uterus, &e
X. Joints, Bones, &c
IV.—Brain & NervesRheumatism
Cephalitis......1............1Arthritis
Apoplexy.........193215Disease of Joints, &c................1...1
Palsy (Paralysis).........125412Spinal Disease...1...............1
XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c
Delirium Tremens
Chorea
Epilepsy.........2...1...3
Carbuncle
Tetanus.........l1......2
Phlegmon
Insanity
Disease of Skin, &c
Convulsions3211...............43
Disease of Brain, &c...1...12......4XII. Malformation.
diocyCyanosis
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—Spina Bifida
Other Malformations3..................3
PhlebitisXIII Premature Birth & Debility141...............15
Pericarditis......1............1
Aneurism...............1...1XIV. Atrophy
Disease of Heart, &c.......1473...15XV. Old Age...............201030
Uraemia.........1.........1
XVI. Sudden
VI.—Lungs & Organs oF Respiration:—
XVII. ViolentDeath
Laryngitis...11............2
Intemperance
Bronchitis10164102216583
Pleurisy............1......1Privation of Food1......11......3
Want of Breast Milk..1..................1
Pneumonia23274683...71
Neglect
Asthma............48...12
Cold............1......1
Disease of Lungs............1......1
Poison............1......1
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs
Burns and Scalds...452...1...12
Hanging
Teething66...............12
Suffocation...............1...1
Quinsey
Drowning
Gastritis...............1...1
Wounds.........1...1...2
Enteritis......1............1
Violence......63104225
Peritonitis......1............1XVIII. Not Specified,4......36417
Ascites
Ulc. of Intestines
Carried Forward1171423271102721154Grand Total141148448913310823686