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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 thfe Three Months ending 2nd January, 1858.

TABLE XIII.— Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for thfe Three Months ending 2nd January, 1858.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 40| 4o 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.
.—Zymotic:—Brouqht forward......................157
Small Pox........................Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Meals37............1o
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)...7211......11
Hernia (Rupture)............12...3
Hoopiug Cough713...............20
(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)...............1...1
Croup121............4
Thrush1..................1
Diarrhoea (bowel com
plaint)7511.........2Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)........................
Dysentery.........2.........2
Cholera......211......4
Influenza........................
Scurvy and Purpura........................
Stricture of Intestinal Canal........................
Ague........................
Remittent Fever1..................1
Disease of Stomach, &c..........2......4
Infantile Fever........................
Typhus Fever...2613134...38
Disease of Pancreas
Puerperal Fever (Metria).........2.........2
Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)............1......1
Rheumatic Fever......1............
Jaundice.........11......2
Erysipelas (Rose)1............1...2
Disease of Liver.........11......2
Syphilis...1...............1
Cirrhosis.........3.........3
Noma (Canker)........................
Disease of Spleen...........................
Hydrophobia........................
II.—Dropsy, &c.........................VIII. Kidney, &c.
Nephritis.........11......2
Hzemorhage........................
Nepliria (Brigbt's dis ease...1111......4
Amemia1......564...1
Dropsy.....................1Ischuria........................
Abscess (Gathering)......1............1Diabetes...........................
Ulcer............1.........Stone........................
Fistula........................Cystitis........................
Mortification.........22......5Stricture of Urethra.............21...3
Cancer.....................1Disease of Bladder.........1.........1
Gout........................
III.—'Tubercular:—ix. childbirth'
Scrofula........................Paramenia........................
Tabes Mesenterica7161............24Ovarian Dropsy.........1.........1
Plithisis(Consumptn)23135201...62Childbirth (SeeMetria).........1......1
Hydrocephalus (water........................Disease of Uterus, &c.........1.........1
on the Brain)I211.........5X. Joints. Bones. &c.
IV.-Bhain & NervesRheumatism........................
Cephalitis........................Arthritis........................
Apoplexy.........146...11Disease o Joints, &c.........................
Palsy (Paralysis)............35...8Spinal Disease...2...............2
Delirium Tremens.........2.........2XI. Skin, Cellu Tissue, &c.
Chorea.....................
Epilepsy.....................
Tetanus........................1Carbuncle........................
Insanity........................Phlegmon.....................
Convulsions.....................29Disease of Skin, &c...............1...1
Disease of Brain, dec..21.62...............XII. Malformation.
Idiocy...132.........6
Cyanosis........................
V—Heart & Blood Vessels :—Spina Bifida1..................1
Other Malformations.............................
Thlebitis........................XIII Premature
Pericarditis.........1............Birth & Debilily .18..................18
Aneurism........................XIV. Atrophy1..................1
Disease of Heart, &c......45...10...23XV. Old Age.........13231542
VI.—Lungs and Organs of Respiration :—........................XVI. Sudden........................
Laryngitis...1...7013...1XVII. ViolentDeath Intemperance........................
Bronchitis811..................
Privation of Food........................
Pleurisy........................
Waut of Breast Milk.2..................2
Pneumonia35296211...74
Neglect........................
Asthma..................
Cold........................
Disease of Lungs.....................2
Poison.........211...4
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs :
Burns and Scalds...3216
Hanging............1......1
Teething24...............6
Suffocation...........................
Quinsey........................
Drowning.........1.........1
Gastritis............11...2
Violence......51174...27
Enteritis...1...11......3
Peritonitis.........11......2XVIII. Not Speci
Ascites............4......4fied,6...2224...17
Ulc. of Intestines........................
Carried, Forward.....................457Grand Total.....................odd