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Table: LONDON HOSPITAL.TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 30th JUNE, 1860.

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TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 30th JUNE, 1860.

Causes of Death.	0 and 1 under	1 and under 5	5 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.	Causes of Death.	0 and under 1	1 and under 5.	5 and under 20.	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above.	Total.
I.—Zymotic.									Brought forward	..	1	7	12	12	6	..	38
Small-pox									VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs.
Measles
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)
Hooping Cough									Teething
Croup									Quinsey
Thrush									Gastritis
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint)									Enteritis
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint)									Peritonitis	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Dysentery									Ascites	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Cholera									Ulc. of Intestines
Influenza									Hernia (Rupture) ..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Scurvy and Purpura									Ileus
Ague									Intussusception
Remittent Fever									Stricture of Rectum	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Infantile Fever									Disease of Stomach, &c.
Typhus Fever									Disease of Stomach, &c.
Puerperal Fever (Metria)									Disease of Pancreas Inflammation of Liver Jaundice
Rheumatic Fever									Disease of Pancreas Inflammation of Liver Jaundice
Erysipelas (Rose)	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	Disease of Liver
Syphilis									Cirrhosis
Noma (Canker)									Disease of Spleen
Hydrophobia									VIII.—Kidney, &c.
Diphtheria									Nephritis			1					1
II.—Dropsy, &c.									Nephria (Bright's Disease)	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2
Hæmorrhage									Ischyria
Anæmia									Disease of Prostate	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Dropsy									Diabetes
Abscess (Gathering)	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	Stone
Ulcer									Cystitis
Fistula									Stricture of Urethra	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Mortification	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	3	Disease of Bladder	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	3
Cancer	..	..	..	1	3	..	..	4	IX.-Childbirth.
Gout									Paramenia
III.—Tubercula.									Ovarian Dropsy
Scrofula	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	Childbirth (seeMetria)
Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	Disease of Uterus &c.
Phthisis (Consumptn)	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	4	X. Joints, Bones, &c.
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)									X. Joints, Bones, &c.
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)									Rheumatism
IV.—Brain and Nervers.									Arthritis
IV.—Brain and Nervers.									Disease of Joints, &c.	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Cephalitis									Spinal Disease
Apoplexy	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	XI.-Skin,&c.
Palsy (Paralysis)									Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Delirium Tremens									Phlegmon
Chorea	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	Disease of skin,&c.
Epilepsy									XII.— Malformation.
Tetanus	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	XII.— Malformation.
Insanity									Cyanosis
Convulsions									Spina Bifida
Disease of Brain, &c.	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	Other Malformations
Idiocy									XIII.-Premature Birth & Debility
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels.									XIV.—Atrophy.
Phlebitis									XV.-Old Age
Pericarditis									XVI.-Violent Death.
Aneurism									Intemperance
Disease of Arteries									Privation of Food
Disease of Heart, &c.	..	..	3	3	2	1	..	9	Want of Breast Milk
Uraemia									Neglect
VI.— Lungs and Organs of Respiration.									Cold
									Poison	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
									Burns and Scalds	..	4	2	..	..	..	..	6
Laryngitis									Hanging
Bronchitis	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	Suffocation
Pleurisy	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	Drowning
Pneumonia	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	3	Wounds
Asthma									Violence	..	2	1	7	4	4	..	18
Disease of Lungs									XVII.—Not Specifide
Carried forward	..	1	7	12	12	6	..	38	Grand Total..		8	11	25	19	13	1	77