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Whitechapel 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VIII..—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 2nd October, 1858.

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

Causes of Death.0 and under 1l 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 80 80 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotio:—Brought forward.104145365557363436
Small Pox616......22Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles2187............27
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.) Hooping Cough6151............22Hernia (Rupture) (Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)
Croup..21............3
Thrush1..................1
Diarrhoea (bowel com-plaint372522...5...71
DysentervIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
cholera...1.........3...4
Influenza fever
Scurvy and PurpuraStricture of Intestinal Canal
Ague|
Remittent Fever...Disease of Stomach, &c............1......I
Infantile Fever45335...20
Typhus feverDisease of Pancreas Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)............1......1
Puerperal Fever (Metria)......4......4
Rheumatic Fever...1......1......2
Erysipelas (Rose)1..................1Jaundice1..................I
Disease of Liver1......162...10
Syphilis1..................1
Cirrhosis
Noma (Canker)
HydrophobiaDisease of Spleen
VIII. Kidney, &c.
Diptheria• •2...1.........3
II.—Dropsy, &c.Nephritis...............1...1
Nephria (Bright's dis-ease.........231...6
Hæmorhage
Anaemia
Ischuria
Dropsy......212...5
Abscess (Gathering)......2......1...3Disease of Prostate..................11
UlcerDiabetes
stone...2...............2
Fistula...
Cystitis
Mortification...............2...2
Stricture of Urethra
Cancer............1......1
GoutDisease of Bladder
III.—Tubercular:—IX. Childbirth
Scrofula1..................1Paramenia
Tabes Mesenterica812...............20Ovarian Dropsy............1......1
Phthisis(Consumptn)...2628201...57Childbirth (SeeMetria)
Hydrocephalus (water on the Brain)531............9Disease of Uterus, <fcc Ext. Uterine Fcetation.........1.........1
IV.—Brain & Nerves Cephalitis2...X. Joints, Bones, &c Rheumatism
Arthritis
Apoplexy......1721Disease of Joints, &c. Spinal Disease
Palsy (Paralysis)........133...7
Delirium Tremens.........21......3
Chorea...XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c1
Epilepsy............1......1
tetanus......111......3Carbuncle..................1
InsanityPlilegmon
Convulsions2091............30Disease of Skin, &c
Disease of Brain etc13221......9XII. Malformation.
Idiocy...Cyanosis
V.—Heart & Bjlood Vessels:—soma Bifida.1..................1
Other Malformations1..................1
pyæmia...111......3XIII Premature Birth & Debility VTVAtrophy17..................17
Pericarditis
Aineurismxv. Atrophy
Disease of Heart, &c.......3281...14XV. Old Age...............61420
UremiaXVI. Sudden
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—Sun Stroke
XVII. Vioi.entDeath
Laryngitis
Bronchitis511...225...25Intemperance
Pleurisy......•••...1......1Privation of Food...............1...1
Pneumonia917114...133Want of Breast Milk2..................2
Asthma.........1...416Noglect
Disease of Lungs............1......1cold
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs :Poison............1......1
Burns and Scalds...2............2
Teething3...............3Hanging............1......1
QuinseySuffocation
Gastritis1..................1Drowning......1............1
Enteritis............1...1wounds
Peritonitis......2...1......3Violence...18664126
Ascites...............1...1XVIII. Not Speci
Ulc. of Intestinesfied,6...122112
Carried Forward101145365557363436Grand Total1331504667805219547