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Whitechapel 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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

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

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 404o 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.
1—Zymotic:—Brought forward77121305373414899
Small Pox...32............5
Measles4101............15VII.—Stomach and
Scarlatina(Scar.Fev.)...136............19Digestive Organs:
Hooping Cough561............12Teething94...............13
Croup26...............8Quinsey11...............2
ThrushGastritis............1......1
Diarrhoea (towel com plaint)74.........3...14Enteritis...1......11...3
Peritonitis...1...411...7
DysentryAscites.........1...1...2
Cholera1..................1Ulc. of Intestines1..................1
InfluenzaHernia (Rupture).........3...2...5
Scurvy and PurpuraIleus
Ague.........1.........1Intussusception
Remittent FeverStricture of Intestinal Canal
Infantile Fever
Typhus Fever...32312...11Disease of Stomach, &c.............21...3
Puerperal Fever (Metria)
Inflammation of the Liver
Rheumatric Fever............21...3
Erysipelas (Rose)21......11...5Jaundice
Syphilis1.........1......2Disease of Liver
Noma(Canker)Cirrhosis
HydrophobiaVIII. Kidney, &c.
Diphtheria13...1.........5Nephritis............1......1
II.—Dropsy, &c.Nephria (Bright's dis ease)...1...13......5
Ischuria
HæmorrhageDisease of Prostate
Anæmia.........1.........1Diabetes
Dropsy21.........3...6Stone
Abscess (Gathering)1......1...1...3Cystitis
Ulcer.........1...1...2Stricture of Urethra...............3...3
FistulaDisease of Bladder............11...2
Mortification.........223...7IX. Childbirth:
Cancer.........432...9Ovarian Dropsy
GoutChildbirth(SeeMetria).........1.........1
III.—tubercular:—Disease of Uterus, &c..........33......6
Ext. Uterine Fœtation
Scrofula...211.........4X. Joints,Bones,&c.
Tabes Mesenterica1012...............22Rheumatism
Phthisis (Consumptn)...1722262...58Arthritis
Hydrocephalus (water on the Brain)15...............6Disease of Joints, &c.......12.........3
Spinal Disease......1............1
IV.—Brain & NervesXI,—Skin, &c.
Carbuncle
Cephalitis......1...1......2Phlegmon
Apoplexy.........23218Disease of Skin, &c.
Palsy (Paralysis)..............1...1XII. Malformation.
Delirium Tremens.........1.........1
ChoreaCyanosis
Epilepsy.........2.........2Spina Bifida1..................1
Tetanus.........1...1...2Other Malformations
InsanityXIII Premature Birth & Debility18..................18
Convulsions119...............20
Disease Of Brain, &c.241............7XIV. Atrophy,1..................1
Idiocy
V.—Heart & Blood Vessels:—XV. Old Age...............15621
XVI. Violent Death
PhlebitisIntemperance
Pericarditis......11.........2Privation of Food
Aneurism.........1.........1Want of Breast Milk
Disease of ArteriesNeglect
Disease of Heart, &c.......13143...21Cold
UræmiaPoison1..................1
VI.—Lungs & Organs of Respiration:—Burns and Scalds.........23............5
Hanging
Suffocation2...111......5
Laryngitis13...............4Drowning
Bronchitis119331111149Wounds
Pleurisy...............1...1Violence2123102...20
Pneumonia15263152...52XVII. Noi. Specified,
Asthma.........12...25
Disease of Lungs.....................1
Carried Forward77121305373414399Grand Total1131323872976810530