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Whitechapel 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE X.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29 th September, 1860.

TABLE X.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29 th September, 1860.

Causes of Death.0 and under 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 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic :—Brought forward85138273354816379
Small Pox...1...1.........2
Measles6312............39VII.—Stomach and Digestive Organs:
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)...611.........8
Hooping Cough.412...............16Teething33...............6
Croup1142............17Quinsey
ThrushGastritis......1............1
Diarrhœa (bowel comEnteritis111......1...4
plaint)1513...132135Peritonitis............1......1
DysenteryAscites......1...51...7
CholeraUIc. of Intestines......1............1
InfluenzaHernia (Rupture)
Scurvy and Purpura......1............1Ileus
AgueIntussusception1......11......3
Remittent FeverStricture of Intestinal Canal
Infantile Fever
Typhus Fever...821.........11Disease of Stomach, Inflammation of the.........111...3
Puerperal Fever (Metria)
Rheumatic FeverLiver............2......2
Erysipelas1..................1Jaundice...............1...2
Syphilis2..................2Disease of Liver.........1...2...3
Noma (Canker)......1............1Cirrhosis
HydrophobiaVII. Kidney,&.c
DiphtheriaNephria (Bright's disease)...1......31...5
II.-DropsyIschuria
HaemorrhageDisease of Prostate
AnaemiaDiabetes
Dropsy...11.........13Stone
Abscess (Gathering).........1.........1Cystitis
UlcerStricture of Urethra
FistulaDisease of Bladder...............1...1
Mortification...............2...2IX. Childbirth:
Cancer.........12317Ovarian Dropsy.........11......9
GoutChildbirth (SeeMetria)
III.—Tubercular:—Disease of Uterus, &c Ext. Uterine Foetation............1......1
Scrofula...1......1......2X. Joints Bones, &c
Tabes Mesenterica1273......1...23Rheumatism............1......1
Phthisis (Consumptn)24520151...47Arthritis
Hydrocephalus (water on the Brain)49121......17Diseases of Joints, &c....12............3
Spinal Disease......1...1......2
IV.—Brain & NervesXI.—Skin, &c
Cephalitis...4...11......6Carbuncle
Apoplexy.........121...4Phlrgrmon
Palsy (Paralysis)...............516Disease of Skin,&c...............1...1
Delirium Tremens ...XII. Malformation.
ChoreaCyanosis
Epilepsy...11.........2Spina Bifida
Tetanus.........21......3Other Malformations..
InsanityXIII Premature
Convulsions2221............25Birth & Debility19..................19
Disease of Brain, &c.......1124...8XIV. Athorphy21...............3
IdiocyXIV. Atrophy21...............3
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels ;—XV. Old Age...............12618
XVI. Violent Death
PhlebitisIntemperance.........31......4
Pericarditis...............1...2Privation of Food.........2...
Aneurism.....................1Want of Breast Milk2..................2
Disease of Arteries............1......1Neglect
Disease of Heart, &c.1...3185220Cold
UraemiaPoison1421.........8
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—Burns and Scalds.........1.........1
*Suffocation5..................5
Laryngitis...4...............4Drowning.........2.........2
Bronchitis24...253...16Wounds...............1...1
Pleurisy...1......1......2Violence151462...19
Pneumonia13162161...39
Asthma............32...5XVII. Not Specified,............1......1
Disease of Lungs...
Carried Forward85138273854316379Grand Total1211543855805512515