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Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: LONDON HOSPITAL.TABLE IX.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 2nd APRIL, 1859.

LONDON HOSPITAL.

TABLE IX.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 2nd APRIL, 1859.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under GO60 and under 8080 and above.TotalCauses of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 i nd under 4040 and under Go60 and under 8080 and aboveTotal
I.— Zymotic.—Brought forward0I7171910155
Small-poxStomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)..11........2Hernia (Rupture,......221..5
Hooping CoughIleus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine)
Croup
Thrush
Diarrhoea (Bowel complaint)
Intussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below)
Dysentery
Cholera
Influenza
Scurvy and Purpura AgueStricture of Intestinal Canal........1....1
Remittant FeverDisease of Stomach,
Infantile Fever
Typhus Fever......121..4Disease of Pancreas
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Inflammation of Liver Jaundice
Rheumatic Fever..........1..1Disease of Liver
Erysipelas (Hose)......12....3Cirrhosis
SyphilisDisease of Spleen
Noma (Canker)VIII.—Kidney, &c.
HydrophobiaNephritis
11.—Dropsy, &c.Nephria (Hright's Disease)......24....6
Hæmorrhnge....122....3
AntemiaRetention of Urine......11....2
Dropsy..1..1......2Ischuria
Abscess (Gathering)....1..11....Disease of Prostate Diabetes
Ulcer
FistulaStone
Mortification..........1..1Cystitis
Cancer..........3..5Stricture of Urethra
GoutDisease of Bladder
III.—'Tubercula.IX.—Childbirth.
ScrofulaParamenia
Tabes Mesenterica....2........2Ovarian Dropsy
Phthisis (Consumptn)......43....1Childbirth (see Metria)
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)Disease of Uterus, &c
X.—Joints, Bones, &c.
IV.—Brain and Nerves.
Rheumatism
CephalitisArthritis
Apoplexy......142..7Disease of Joints, &c...1....11..3
Palsy (Paralysis)Spinal Diseaae
Delirium TremensXI.—Skin, Cellu-lar Tissuk, &c.
Chorea
EpilepsyCarbuncle
TetanusPhlegmon
InsanityDisease of Skin, &c.
ConvulsionsXII.— Malformation.
Disease of Brain, &c.......2....11
IdiocyCyanosis
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels.Spina Bifida
Other Malformations
PhlebitisXIII.— Premature Birth& Debility
Pericarditis....11......2
Aneurism........1....1XIV.—Atrophy.
Disease of ArteriesXV.—Old Age.
Disease of Heart, &c.......222..6XVI. — Sudden Deaths (causes unknown).
Urtamia
VI. — Lungs and Organs of Respiration.
XVII. — Violent Death.
LaryngitisIntemperance
Bronchitis..........1..1Privation of Food
PleurisyWant of Breast Milk
Pneumonia....11......2Neglect
AsthmaCold
Disease of LungsPoison
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs.Burns and Scalds..47..12..14
Hanging
Suffocation
TeethingDrowning
QuinsyWounds
GastritisViolence....3564119
EnteritisXVIII.—Not Speci
Peritonitis........1....1fied.
Ascites
Ulc. of Intestines Carried forward017171910155Grand Total06172735182105