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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 XIV.—LONDON HOSPITAL.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 29th December, 1860.

TABLE XIV.—LONDON HOSPITAL.

Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 29th December, 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.TotalCauses of Death.0 and under l.l and under 0,5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward...1215124...34
Small PoxVII. — Stomach and Digestive Organs:
Measles
Teething
Scarlatina (Scar.Fev.)
Quinsey
Hooping Cough
Gastritis
Croup
Enteritis
Thrush
Peritonitis.........1.........1
Diarrhoea (bowel corn-
PlaintArcites
Ulc. of Intestines
Dysentry
Hernia (Rupture).........3.........3
Cholera
InfuenzaIleus
Scury and purpuraIntussusception
AgueStricture of Intestinal Canal
Remittent Fever
infantile FeverDisease of Stomach, &c.............1......1
Typhus
Inflammation of Liver............1......1
Puerperal Fever
Jaundice
Rheumatic FeverDisease of Liver
Erysipelas (Rose)............1......1Cirrhosis
Disease of Pancreas
Syphilis............1......1
hydrophobiaVIII.—Kidney, &c.
DiphtheriaNephritis
II.—Dropsy, &c:-Nephria (Bright's dis ease)...1......2......3
HaemorrhageIschuria
Anaemia.........1.........1Disease of Prostate
DropsyDiabetes
Stone
Abscess (Gathering).........1.........1
Ulcer.........1.........1Cystitis
FistulaStricture of Urethra...............3...3
Disease of Bladder
Mortification.........112...4
Cancer.........311...51X.- CHILDBIRTH.
CoutOvarian Dropsy
III.—TubercularChildbirth (seeMetria) Disease of Uterus, &c..........11......2
ScrofulaX.—Joints,Bones,etc.
Tabes Masenterica
Phthisis(Consumptn).........12......3Rheumatism
Arthritis
hydrocephalans (water on the brain)Disease of Joints, &c.......12.........3
Spinal Disease
IV.—Brain & NervesXI.—Skin, &c
CephalitisCarbuncle
Apoplexy.........2.........2Phlegmon
Palsy (Paralysis)Disease of Skin, &c.
Delirium TremensXII.—Malformation
Chorea
EpilepsyCynosis
Spina Bifida
Tetanus.........1...1...2
Other Malformations
insanity
ConvulsionsXIII. — Premature
Disease of Brain, &c.Birth Debility.
IdiocyXIV.—Atrophy.
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:-XV.—Old Age................1...1
XVI.Violent Death
PhlebitisIntemperance
PeriearditisPrivation of Food
Aneurism.........1.........1Want of Breast Milk
Disease of ArteriesNeglect
Disease of Heart, &c..........25......7Cold
VL.-Lungs & Organs of respirationPoison
Burns and Scalds...23............5
Hanging
LaryngitisSuffocation
Drawing
Bronchitis...11............2
Wounds
Pleurisy
Violence...123101...17
Pneumonia......111......3
AsthmaXVII.—Not Specified.
Disease of Lungs
Carried forward...1215124...34Grand Total...5825279...74