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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 TX.-LONDON HOSPITAL.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st Oct., 1859.

TABLE TX.-LONDON HOSPITAL.

Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st Oct., 1859.

Causes of Death.0 and under 1l and uuder 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 aud above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and uuder 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under GO60 and uuder 8080 and aboveTotal.
7.—Zymotic :—Brought forward...211179746
Small Pox...1...1.........2Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)Peritonitis......1......1...2
Hooping CoughAscites
Troup......1............1Ulc. of Intestines
ThrushHernia (Rupture)
Piarrhcea (bowel com PlaintIleus (Inflammation) and Gangrene of the Muscular Coat of the Intestine............1......1
Dysentery
Cholera
Infantile FeverIntussusception, (a part of the Bowels introduced into the part below.)
Scurvy and Purpura Ague
Remittent Fever
Infantile FeverStricture of Intestinal
Typhus Fever......22.........4
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of Stomach,
Rheumatic FeverDiseaso of Pancreas
Erysipelas (Rose).........2.........2
Inflammation of Liver......1............1
Syphilis
Jaundica
Noma (Canker)Disease of Liver............1......1
HydrophobiaCirrhosis
DiphtheriaDisease of Œsophagus.........1.........1
II.—Propst, &c:—VIII.—Kidney, &c.
HæmorrhageNephritis
AnæmiaNephria (Brigbt's dis ease).........21216
Dropsy......1............1
Abscess (Gathering)......11.........2Ischuria
UlcerDisease of Prostate
FistulaDiabetes
Mortification...............1...1Stone
Cencer.........221...5Cystitis
GoutStricture of Urethra
Disease of RectumDisease of Bladder
III.—Tubercular :—ix._Childbirth
ScrofulaExt.Uterine Fœtation
Tabes MesentericaOvarian Dropsy
Phthisis(Consumptn)......242......8Childbirth(seeMetria)
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)Diseaso of Uterus, &c.
X.—Joints,Bones,&c.
Rheumatism
IV.—Brain & NervesArthritis
Cephalitis......11.........2Disease of Joints &c.
Apoplexy.........2...1...3Spinal Disease
Palsy (Paralvsis)XI.—Skin, Cellular Tissue &e.
Delirium Tremens
Chorea......1............1Carbuncle
Epilepsy
Phlegmon
Tetanus
Disease of Skin, &c
Insanity
XII.—Malformation
Convulsions
Cyanosis
Disease of Brain, &c..........1.........1
Spina Bifida
IdiocyOther Malformations
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels :—XIII. — Premature Birth & Debility.
PhlebitisXIV.—Atrophy.
Pericarditis......2............2
XV.—Old Age.
Aneurism
XVI. Sudden Deaths (causes unknown.)...............134
Disease of Arteries
Disease of Heart, &c..........111...6
XVII.Violent Death
Uræmia
Intemperance
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration :—
Privation of Food
Want of Breast Milk
Laryngitis
Neglect
Bronchitis...............1...1
Cold
Pleurisy...............1...1
Poison...............1...1
Pneumonia...1......11...3
Burns and Scalds...3...211...7
Asthma
Disease of LungsHanging
Suffocation
VI. — Stomach and Digestive Organs :
Drowning
Suicide. Cut throat
Teething
Violence......3245...14
Quinsey
XVIII.—Not Specified.
Gastritis
Enteritis
Carried forward...2111797...46Grand Total...516241718481