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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 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII.—LONDON HOSPITAL.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the ThreeMonths ending 29th June, 1861.

TABLE VII.—LONDON HOSPITAL.

Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three

Months ending 29th June, 1861.

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 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 80 !80 and above| Total.
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward161121645
Order l—Miasmatic Small-PoxOrder 4—Digestive Organs,
MeaslesCancrum Oris
ScarlatinaGastritis
DiphtheriaEnteritis
QuinseyPeritonitis
CroupAscites
Hooping-CoughUlc. of Intestines.........1.........1
Typhus Fever.........11......2Hernia (Rupture).........2...215.
Erysipelas............11...2Iieus............1......1
Puerperal FeverIntussusception
CarbuncleFistula
InfluenzaStomach Disease, &c.
DysenteryPancreas Disease, &c.
DiarrhceaHepatitis.........112...1
AgueLiver Disease, Sec.........1...2...3
Remittent FeverSpleen Disease, &c.
Rheumatisim.........1.........1Order 5—Urinary
Pyasrnia
Order 2—Entiietic.Nephritis
Syphilis.........1.........1Disease of Bladder
Stricture of Urethra...............1...1Nephria (Bright's disease)
Hydrophobia
Order 3 - DIETIC.Diabetes.........1.........1
PrivationStone
Want of Breast Milk Purpura and Scurvy Alcohlsm. Del.TrminsProstate Disease, &c.
Kidney Disease, dec.
Order 6—Organs op Genration.
,, Intemperance
Dead PoisoningOvarian Dropsy
Order 4—ParasiticDisease of Uterus, &c
ThrushOrder 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Worms, &c.
II.- CONSTITUTIONALJoint Disease &c......12.........3
Order 1 - DIATHETICBones, &c.........21......3
GoutOrder 8—Integumentqary System.
Dropsy.........12......3Phlegmon
Cancer.........13......4Skin disease, &c
MortificationIV.-DEVELOPMENTAL
Abscess......2............2Order l — Diseases OF CHILDREN
Anæmia
Order 2—Tubrclr.Premature Birth
Scrofula.........1.........1Cyanosis
Tabes MesentericaSpina Bifida
Phthisis (Consumptn.........31......4Other Malformations
Hydrocephalus1..................1Teething
III.—Local.Order 2 — Diseases of Adults.
Order l—Nervous System.
Paramenia
CephalitisChildbirth
Apoplexy............2......2Order 3— Diseases of Old People.
Palsy (Paralysis)
InsanityOld Age
Tetanus......1............1Order 4 — Diseases of Nutrition.
Epilepsy
ConvulsionsAtrophy and Debilty
ChoreaV.—Violent Deaths
Brain Disease, &c.............11...2Order 1—accidents
Order 2—Organs o Circulation.
Burns and Scalds...5...1.........8
PericarditisPoison
AneurismSuffocation
Heart Disease, &e.......215......8Violence.........65...113
PhlebitisOrder 3—Homicide
Disease of ArteriesMurder and Manslaughter.........1.........1
Order 3—Respiratory Organs.
Order. 4—Suicide.
LaryngismusWounds...............1...1
Laryngitis............1......1Poison
Bronchitis......1123...7Drowning
PleurisyHanging
Pneumonia............2......2Otherwise
Lung Disease, &c.Not Specified.
Carried forward.1...611216...45Grand Total159283011286