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Whitechapel 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE XIV.—Summary of the various causes of Death in the Whitechapel District, for the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.

TABLE XIV.—Summary of the various causes of Death in the Whitechapel District, for the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.

March.June.September.January.Total.
1. Zymotic14086199112537
2. Dropsy, &c33281425100
3. Tubercular11810712091436
4. Brain and Nerves52674257212
5. Heart and Blood Vessels19872458
6. Lungs & Organs of Respiration1248446131385
7. Stomach and Digestive Organs.29282533115
8. Kidney, &c.914131040
9. Childbirth, &c530311
10. Joints, Bones, &C12126
11. Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c.00112
12. Malformations00112
13. Premature Birth and Debility1613121859
14. Atrophy00112
15. Old Age.24222442112
16. Sudden71008
17. Violent Death50493141171
18. Not specified4215141788
Totals6695215516092350
Non-Residents dying in the London Ditto in the Military Hospital in theHospital297299
Tower2
2051

Table: Of the 537 deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 117 were pases of Fever, and 139 of Diarrhœa; and out of the 2350 deaths, there died—

Of the 537 deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 117 were pases of Fever, and 139 of Diarrhœa; and out of the 2350 deaths, there died—

0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 arid under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.
523509153350434328532350

Table: TABLE XV.Showing the number of Deaths of Males above the age of 20 in each Sub-district (exclusive of Violent Deaths and Non-residents), the number of years loss of life to every Adult Male, taking the health) standard at 60 years), the Deaths from Fever and Consumption, for the year ending 2nd January, 1858.

TABLE XV.

Showing the number of Deaths of Males above the age of 20 in each Sub-district (exclusive of Violent Deaths and Non-residents), the number of years loss of life to every Adult Male, taking the health) standard at 60 years), the Deaths from Fever and Consumption, for the year ending 2nd January, 1858.

Districts.No. of Deaths of Males above 20.Average age at Death.Years loss of life to each.No. of deaths from Fever.No. of deaths from Consump.No. of deaths of Males above 70.No. of deaths of Males above 80.No. of deaths of Males. above 90.
Artillery1447.312.714400
Spitalfields4752.77.3415711
Miie End N. Town17551.28.823452230
Whitechapel North6053.66.459820
WhitechapelChurch6449.210.8311610
Goodman's Fields3851.28.8212510
Aldgate5844.515.5513340

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In the Whitechapel Chnrch District, a Male aged 66, is said to have died of Scarlet Fever,
and Measles proved fatal to a Man aged 27.
The average age at death of Males above 20, in the entire District, was 50.2.