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Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapol District, for the Three Months ending 2nd July, 1859.

TABLE VII—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapol District, for the Three Months ending 2nd July, 1859.

Causes of Death.0 ana 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 forward122153467081446522
Small pox56...2.........13Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles...1...............1
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)436............13Peritonitis.........1.........1
Hooping Cough751............13Ascites............2......2
Croup...Ulc. of Intestines
ThrushHernia (Rupture)............31...4
Diarrhoea (bowel com plaint62......1......9(Ileus (Inflammation and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine).........1.........1
Dysentery
Cholera
InfluenzaIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
Scurvy and Purpura
Ague
Remittent Fever
Infantile FeverStricture of Intestinal Canal
Typhus Fever...35551...19
Puerperal Fever (Metria)......14.........5Disease of Stomach, &c.............2......2
Rheumatic Fever............1......1Strict. of (Esophagus Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)............11......
Erysipelas (Rose)2.........1......3
Syphilis1......1.........2
Noma (Canker)Jaundice
HydrophobiaDisease of Liver......1......1...2
Diphtheria...3.........1...4Cirrhosis...............1...1
II.—Dropsy, kc.Disease of spleen
HaemorrhageVIII. Kidney, &c,
AæmiaNephritis1............1...2
Dropsy...21..........3Nephria (Bright's dis ease............12...3
Abscess (Gathering)
UlcerIschuria
FistulaDisease of Prostate...............1...1
Mortification............2...13Diabetes
Cancer............42...6Stone
GoutCystitis
Disease of Rectum.........2.........2Stricture of Urethra
III.—Tubercular:—Disease of Bladder...............1...1
ScrofulaIX. Childbirth :
Tabes Mesenterica6103............19Paramenia
Phthisis(Consumptn)1...637195...68Ovarian Dropsy
Hydrocephalus (water on the Brain)74...............11Childbirth (SeeMetria) Disease of Uterus, &c.........12......3
IV.—Brain & NervesExt. Uterine Fœtation X Joints, Bones, &c Rheumatism
Cephalitis......2......1...3
Apoplexy......1248...15
Palsy (Paralysis).........147...12Arthritis
Delirium Tremens.........1.........1Disease of Joints, &c....212.........5
ChoreaSpinal Disease......1............1
EpilepsyXI.—Skin, Cellular
TetanusTissue, &c
InsanityCarbuncle............1......1
Convulsions256...............31Phlegmon
Disease of Brain, &c15...1I......8Disease of Skin, &c
IdiocyXII. Malformation.
Miningitis11......l......3Cyanosis
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—Spina Bifida Other Malformations1..................1
PyœmiaXIII. Pre,atire
Pericarditis......112......4Birth & Debility13..................13
Aneurism............1......1XIV. Atrophy
Disease of ArteriesXV. Old Age................22931
Disease of Heart, &c.......3445...16XVI. Sudden
UraemiaSun Stroke
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—XVII. ViolentDeath Intemperance.........2.........2
Laryngitis12..............3Privation of Food
Bronchitis551274226Want of Breast Milk
Pleurisy.........1.........1Neglect
Pneumonia813......2......23Cold
Asthma............16...7Posion......1............1
Disease of Lungs1...1............2Burns and Scalds...321.........6
VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs:Hanging
Suffocation.....................1
Teething31...............4Drowning.........11.........
QuinseySuicide............1......1
Gastritis121............4Violence151091...26
Enteritis...1...............1XVIII. Not Specified.111...3......6
Carried Forward122153467081446522Grand Total10387458586721288