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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 VIII.—LOUDON HOSPITAL.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 2nd July, 1859.

TABLE VIII.—LOUDON HOSPITAL.

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

Causes of Death,0 and under 11 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and undergo.60 andunder 8080 audabove.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 andunder 6060 andunder 8080 andaboveTotal,
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward...124814231
Small PoxStomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)Peritonitis.........1.........1
Hooping CoughAscites
CroupUlc. of Intestines
ThrushHernia (Rupture)............31...4
Diarrhoea (bowel complaint............1......1Ileus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the MuscularCoat of the Intestine
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......211......4
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of Stomach, &c
Rheumatic FeverDisease of Pancreas
Erysipelas (Rose)............1......1Inflammation of Liver
SyphilisJaundice
Noma (Canker)Disease of Liver......1............1
HydrophobiaCirrhosis
Diphtheria...1...............1Disease of Spleen
II.—Dropst, &c:-VIII.—Kidney, &c.
HæmorrhageNephritis
AnæmiaNephria (Bright's dis ease)............11...2
Dropsy
Abscess (Gathering)Ischuria
UlcerDisease of Prostate...............1...1
FistulaDiabetes
Mortification............11...2Stone
Cancer............2......2Cystitis
GoutStricture of Urethra
Disease of Rectum.........2.........2Disease of Bladder
III.—Tubercular :—IX.—Childbirth.
ScrofulaExt.Uterine Fœtation
Tabes MesentericaOvarian Dropsy
Phthisis(Consumptn).........21......3Childbirth(seeMetria)
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)Disease of Uterus, &c.
X.—Joints,Bones,(fee.
IV—Brain & NervesRheumatism
CephalitisArthritis
Apoplexy.........1.........1Disease of Joints, &c....122.........5
Palsy (Paralysis)Spinal Disease
Delirium Tremens.........1.........1XL—Skin, Cellular Tissue, dec.
Chorea
EpilepsyCarbuncle............1......1
TetanusPhlegmon
InsanityDisease of Skin, &c
ConvulsionsXII.—Malformation
Disease of Brain, &c....1...1.........2Cyanosis
IdiocySpina Bifida
• Miningitis1..................1Other Malformations
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels :—XIII. — Premature Birth ds Debility.
Phlebitis......1...1......2XIV.—Atrophy.
Pericarditis............1......1XV.—Old Age................2...2
AneurismXVI. SuddenDeaths (causes unknown.)
Disease of Arteries............31...4
Disease of Heart, &c.XVII.Violent Death
UræmiaIntemperance.........2.........2
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration :—Privation of Food
Want of Breast Milk
laryngitis............2......2Neglect
BronchitisCold
Pleurisy*Poison......1............1
PneumoniaBurns and Scalds...121.........4
Asthma......1............1Hanging
Disease of LungsSuffocation
VI. — Stomach and Digestive Organs :Drowning
Suicide. Cut throat............1......1
TeethingViolence......6671...20
QuinseyXVIII.—Not Specified.–
Gastritis
Enteritis_
Carried forward124814231Grand Total141620278...76

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* Following operation for Nœvus.
| * A Child aged 5½ Y=years,from drinking " Oil of Vitriol."