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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE XI.—Summary of the various causes of Death in the Whitechapel District for the year ending January 1st, 1859.

TABLE XI.—Summary of the various causes of Death in the Whitechapel District for the year ending January 1st, 1859.

March.July.Oct.Jan.Total1857 Total.
1. Zymotic128120181143572537
2. Dropsy, &c.2217111969100
3. Tubercular1149687106403436
4. Brain and Nerves80586552255212
5. Heart and Blood Vessels181217216858
6. Organs of Respiration1708566163484385
7. Organs of Digestion30372232121115
8. Kidney, &c.9510113546
9. Childbirth, &c.2421911
10. Joints, Bonce, &c.220596
11. Cellular Tissue, &c.001012
12. Malformations302162
13. Premature Birth & Debility151117176059
14. Atrophy020242
15. Old Age.30282034112112
16. Violent Death46423447169179
17. Not specified171912196788
68653854767324442350
Non-residents dying in the London Hossital211297Increase in the number of Deaths over that of last
Ditto in the Military Hospital in the Tower52
216299

Table: Of the 572 Deaths from, Zymotic Diseases, 104 were cases of Fever, and 108 of Diarrhoea; and out of the total deaths there died—

Of the 572 Deaths from, Zymotic Diseases, 104 were cases of Fever, and 108 of Diarrhoea; and out of the total deaths there died—

0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.
1858563591188317402300832444
1857523509153350434328532350