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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 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IX.—LONDON HOSPITAL.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 29th September, 1860.

TABLE IX.—LONDON HOSPITAL.

Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 29th September, 1860.

Causes of Death,0 and. unde 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 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 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic :—Brought forward......131113533
Small PoxVII. — Stomach and Digestive Organs:
MeaslesTeething
Scarlatina (Scar.Fey.)...1...............1Quinsey
Hooping CoughGastritis
CroupEnteritis......1............1
ThrushPeritonitis............1......1
Diarrhœa (bowel complaint...............1...1Ascites............1......1
Ulc. of Intestines
DysenteryHermia (Rupture)
CholeraIleus............1......1
InfluenzaIntussusception
Scurvy and Purpura AgueStricture of Intestinal Canal
Remittent FeverDisease of Stomach, &c..........11......2
Infantile Fever
Typhus Fever.........1.........1Inflamation of liver
Puerperal Fever (Metria)Disease of liver
Rheumatic FeverJaundice
Erysipelas (Rose)Cirrhosis
SyphilisDisease of Pancreas...
HydrophobiaVIII.—Kidney, &c.
Diphtheria
II.—Dropsy, &cNephria (Bright's disease)...1...............1
HæmorrhageIschuria
AnæsmiaDisease of Prostate
DropsyDiabetes......1...1......2
Abscess (Gathering).........1.........1Stone
UlcerStricture of urethra
Fistula
Mortification...............2...2Disease of Bladder...............1...1
Cancer...............1...1IX.—Childbirth,
GoutOvarian Dropsy
III.—Tubbrcular :—Childbirth(seeMetria) Disease of Uterus, &c.............1......1
Scrofula............1......1X.—Joints, Bones, cfec.
Tabes MesentericaRheumatism
Phthisis(Consumptn)......11.........2Arthritis
Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)Disease of Joints,&c....11............2
IV.—Brain & NervesXI.—Skin, &c
Cephalitis.........1.........1Carbuncle
Apoplexy............2......2Phlegmon
Palsy (Paralysis)Disease of Skin,&c.
Delirium TremensXII.—Malformation
ChoreaCyanosis
Epilepsy.........1.........1Spina Bifida
Tetanus.........21......3Other Malfromations
Insanity
ConvulsionsXIII. — Premature
Disease of Brain, &c.Birth & Debility.
Idiocy
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels :—XV.—Old Age.
PhlebitisIntemperance.........21......3
PericarditisPrivation of Food
AneurismWant f Breast Milk
Disease of Arteries............1......1Neglect
Disease of Heart, &c..........37......10Cold
UraemiaPosion
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration :—Burns and Scalds142...1......8
Hanging
LaryngitisSuffocation
Bronchitis.........1...1...2Drowing.........1.........1
PleurisyWounds...............1...1
Pneumonia......2...1......3Violence...31361...14
AsthmaXVII.—Not Specified.
Disease of Lungs
Carried forward...1311135...33Grand Total1101018278...74