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Whitechapel 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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LONDON HOSPITAL.—TABLE XIV.

Causes of Death art; 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 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic :—Brought forward......312234...42
Small PoxStomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)Hernia (Rupture)1......121...5
Hooping CoughReus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the MuscularCoat of the Intestine
Croup............1......1
Thrush
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint
Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
Dysentery
Cholera
Influenza
Scurvy and Purpura Ague............1......lStricture of Intestinal Canal
Remittant Fever Infantile FeverDisease of Stomach,
Typhus Fever............1......1Disease of Pancreas
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Inflammation of Liver Jaundice.........1.........1
Rheumatic Fever.........1.........1Disease of Liver
Erysipelas (Rose).........112...4Cirrhosis............4......4
SyphilisDisease of Spleen
Noma (Cankar)VIII.—Kidney, &c.
HyrophobiaNephritis.........241...7
II.—Dropsy, &c:-Nephria (Bright's disease).........1.........1
Hæmorhage
AnæmiaIschuria
Dropsy.........11......2Disease of Prostate
Abscess (Gathering).........1.........1Diabetes
UlcerStone
FistulaCystitis
MortificationStricture of Urethra
Cancer......1...41...6Disease of Bladder
GoutIX.—Childbi rth.
III—Tubercular:—Paramenia
ScrofulaOvarian Dropsy
Tabes MesentericaChild birth (seeMetria)
Phthisis(Consumptn).........1............Disease of Uterus, &c.
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)X.—Joints, Bones,&c.
Rheumatism
IV.—Brain & NervesArthritis
CephalitisDisease of Joints, &c.
Apoplexy............5......5Spinal Disease
Palsy (Paralysis)XI.—Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c.
Delirium Tremens
ChoreaCarbuncle
EpilepsyPhlegmon
Tetanus.........11......2Disease of Skin, &c.
InsanityXII.—Malformation
ConvulsionsCyanosis
Disease of Brain, &c.......1............1Spina Bifida
IdiocyOther Malformations
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—
XIII. — Premature Birth cfe Debility.
Phlebitis
PericarditisXLV.—Atrophy.
Aneurism
Disease of ArteriesXV.—Old Age.
Disease of Heart, &c..........23......5
Uræmia.........1.........1XVI. SuddenDeaths (causes unknown.) XVII.Violent Death
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration
LaryngitisIntemperance
Bronchitis.........22......4Privation of Food
PleurisyWant of Breast Milk
Pneumonia.........131...5Neglect
Asthma
Cold
Disease of Lungs
Poison............1......1
VI. — Stomach and Digestive Organs:
Burns and Scalds...342.........9
TeethingHanging
Suffocation...............1...1
Quinsey
Drowning
GastritisWounds
EnteritisViolence......5394...21
Peritonitis......1............1
XVIII.—Not Specified.............1......1
Ascites
Ulc. of Intestines
Carried forward......312234...42Grand Total1312224411...93