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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 at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three

Mouths 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 l.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...23109529
Small Pox...............Stomach and Diges
Measles .................itive Organs.
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)11Hernia (Rupture) ......1
Hooping Cough.........Ileus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine ............
Croup.....................1...1
Tlirush ..................
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint ..—.............
Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.) .........
Dysentery ...............
Cholera ..................
Influenza ...............
Scurvy and PurpuraStricture of Intestinal Canal.................
Ague .....................
Kemittant Fever......Disease of Stomach, <kc.....................
Infantile Fever..-......
Typhus Fever .........I1Disease of Pancreas...
Puerperal Fever (Metria) .........Inflammation of Liver
Jaundice ...............I1
jRheumatic Fever......Disease of Liver ......l1
Erysipelas (Rose)......11Cirrhosis ...............:21
Syphilis..................Disease of Spleen......
Noma (Canker).........VIII.—Kidney, &e.
Hydrophobia............Nephritis ...............11
II.—Dropsy, &cNephria (Bright's disease) ..................
Hsemorhage............
Aneemia ...............Ischuria..................
Dropsy ..................111
Abscess (Gathering)Diabetes..................
Ulcer .........-...........Stone .....................
Fistula ..................Cystitis ..............
Mortification .........11Stricture of Urethra-1
Cancer ..................Disease of Bladder ...1
Gout .....................ix.—Childbikth.
III.—Tubercular :—Ext.Uterine Foeiation1
Scrofula..................Ovarian Dropsy ......
Tabes Mesenterica ...Cliildbirth(seeMetria)
Phthisis(Consumptn)Disease of Uterus, &c.
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)......X.—J oints,Bones,(fee.
Rheumatism............
IV.—Brain & NervesArthritis ...............
Cephalitis...............Disease of Joints, &c.
Apoplexy ...............113Spinal Disease.........
Palsy (Paralysis)......xi.—Skin, Cellular Tissue, efce.
Delirium Tremens ...
Chorea ..................
Epilepsy..................
Tetanus..................112
Insanity..................XII.—Malformation
Convulsions............Cyanosis ...............
Disease of Brain, &c.Spina Bifida............
Idiocy.....................Other Malformations
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels :—XIII. — Premature
Aneurism ...............XIV.—Atrophy.
Disease of Arteries ...
Disease of Heart, &c....1
Urasmia............XVI. SuddenDeaths (causes unknown.)
VI.—Lungs & Organs
XVII.Violent Death
11Intemperance .........
123Privation of Food......
Want of Breast Milk
Asthma.........4Neglect ..................
Cold........................
VI. — Stomach andPoison ..................
Burns and Scalds......3419
Hanging ...............
Suffocation ............
Drowning ...............
Wounds ...............
Violence..................
......21...36Vi17
Ulc. of Intestines,,,XVIII.—Not Specified.
Carried, forward...g3109529Grand Total......7111521U68