Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Causes of Death. | 0 and 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. |
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1.—Zymotic. | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 47 | |||||||||||
I.—Miasmatic. | IV. — Digestive Organs. | ||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
Measles | Cancrum Oris | ||||||||||||||||
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Gastrits | ||||||||
Diphtherina | Enteritis | ||||||||||||||||
Quinsy | Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .2 | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Ascites | ||||||||
Hooping-Cough | Ulcer. of Intestines | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Typhus Fever | Hernia (Rupture) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | ., | a | Ileus | ||||||||
Puerperal Fever | Intussusception | ||||||||||||||||
Cabuncle | Fistula | ||||||||||||||||
Influenza | Stomach Disease, &c. | ||||||||||||||||
Dysentery | Pancreas Disease, &c. | ||||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa | Hepatitis | ||||||||||||||||
Ague | Liver Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Remittent Fever | Spleen Diseease, &c. | ||||||||||||||||
Rheumatism | V.—Urinary Or- cans | ||||||||||||||||
Pyeemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
II.—Enthetic. | Nephritis | ||||||||||||||||
Syphilis | Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Nephria (Bright's Disease) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Hydrophobia | |||||||||||||||||
III.—Dietic. | Diabetes | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Stone | ||||||||
Want of Breast Milk | prostate Disease | ||||||||||||||||
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Kidney Disease, &c. | ||||||||
Alcoholism- Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | l | VI.—Organs of Generation. | ||||||||
,, Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Lead Poisoning | Uterus Disease, &c. VII.—Organs of | ||||||||||||||||
IV.— Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||||
Thrush | |||||||||||||||||
Worms, &c. | Joint Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
2.—Constitutional. I.—Diathetic. | Bones, &c. VIII. — Integu | ||||||||||||||||
Gout | mentary System | ||||||||||||||||
Dropsy | Phlegmon | ||||||||||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | Skin Disease, &c | ||||||||
Mortification | 4.—Developmental I—Diseases of | ||||||||||||||||
Abscess | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |||||||||
Anæmia | |||||||||||||||||
II—Tubercular. | Premature Birth | ||||||||||||||||
Scrofula | Cyansis | ||||||||||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | Spina Bifida | ||||||||||||||||
Phthisis(Consumptn) | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | Other malformations | ||||||||
Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | Teething | |||||||||
3.—Local. I.—Nervous System. | II.—Diseases of Adults. | ||||||||||||||||
Paramenia | |||||||||||||||||
Cephalitis | Childbirth | ||||||||||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | III. — Diseases of Old People. | ||||||||
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |||||||||
Insanity | Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Tetanus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | IV. —Diseases of Nutrition. | ||||||||
Epilepsy | |||||||||||||||||
Convulsions | Atrophy and Debility | ||||||||||||||||
Chorea | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5,—Violent Deaths I.—Accidents or Negligence. | ||||||||
Brain Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
II.—Organs of Circulation. | |||||||||||||||||
Burns and Scalds | |||||||||||||||||
Pericarditis | Poison | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | Suffocation | ||||||||
Heart Disease, &c. | Violence | ||||||||||||||||
Phlebitis | III. Homicide Murder and Man- Slaughter | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
Disease of Arteries III.—Respiratory Organs. | III. Homic1de. Murder and Man- Slaughter IV. Sucide | ||||||||||||||||
Laryngismus | Wounds | ||||||||||||||||
Laryngitis | Poison | ||||||||||||||||
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Pleurisy | Hanging | ||||||||||||||||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Other wise | ||||||||
Lung Disease, &c. , | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Not Specified | |||||||||
3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 47 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 112 |