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Whitechapel 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE XIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered m the Whiteehapel District, for the Three Months ending 3rd July, 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 forward105123285255422407
Small Pox1l
Measles531137Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)2439
Hooping Cough916126Hernia (Rupture)
Croup22(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine) ......
Thrush
Diarrhœa (bowel complaint)4431113
Dysentary11Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.) ......
Cholera112
Influenza
Scurvy and Purpura
Ague11Stricture of Intestinal Canal ..................1I
Remittent Fever
Infantile Fever.........Disease of Stomach,1135
Typhus Fever2294320
Puerperal Fever (Metria)11Disease of Pancreas...
Inflammation of Liver fHenat.itisI .........
Plifliimifip 17pvpr*
XvIiCUIUcltlL/ 1 CTCl ••••••112.T»rinriir.« ...............123
JCJI jaipciao ...... Syphilis..................22Disease of Liver ......336
Noma (Canker) ......Cirrhosis ...............213
Hydrophobia............Disease of Spleen......
Diptlieria ...............22VIII. Kidney, &c.
II.—Dropsy, &c.Nephritis ...............*1
Hromnrhairp ...........11Nephria (Bright's dis-11
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3122xTsr.hiirifl...................
Abscess (Gathering)11Disease of Prostate ...11
Ulcer .....................Diabetes ..................
11Stone .....................
Mortification............134Cvstit.is ..................
22St.rir.tnra of Ilrftthm..11
Gout .....................Disease of Bladder ...11
III.—Tubercular :—IX. Childbirth :
Scrofula..................112Paramenia...............
Tabes Mesenterica ...1212327Ovarian Dropsy ......
Phthisis(Consumptn)1210241757Childbirth(SeeMetria)22
Hydrocephalus(water on the Brain) ......6410Disease of Uterus, cfcc...1I
Ext. Uterine Fcetation11
IV.—Brain k NervesX. Joints, Bones, &c
Cephalitis ...............Rheumatism............
Apoplexy ...............214714Arthritis ..............1..1
Palsy (Paralysis).....224Disease of Joints, &c.
Delirium Tremens .4.Spinal Disease.........11
flhrtraa...................XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue, kc
Epilepsy..................
Tetanus..................1......11...3Carbuncle...............
Insanity..................Phlegmon ...............
fYmvnlsions ............25fi31Disease of Skin. &c ...
Disease of Brain, dec...22116XII. Malformation.
Idiocy.....................Cyanosis..................
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels :—Spina Bifida ............
Other Malformations.
Pyoemia..................112XIII Premature Birth & Debility..1111
Pericarditis ...............11
Aneurism ...............XIV. Atrophy.......22
Disease of Heart, &e.522928
Uraemia............... ..XV. Old Age.......1612
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—XVI. Sudden.......
Sun Stroke...............11
T^arvncitis...............1214XVII. ViolentDeath
Bronchitis...............97263128Intemperance .........
Pleurisy.................Privation of Food......g
Pneumonia ............2017133246Want of Breast Milk..6
Asthma .......3a6Neglect ..................
Disease of Lungs......l1Cold........................
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs ;Poison ..................33 a
Burns and Scalds......34i1y
Hanging..................1l
f) iiincpv1o...VSuffocation ............1l
Gastritis ...............Drowning ...............22
Enteritis ...............l1Wounds..................19
Peritonitis...............224violence..................i2327*
Ascites ..................12aXVIII. Not Specified,81224219
Ulc. of Intestines ...22
Carried Forward...105123285254422407Grand Total......1351304166787414538