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Whitechapel 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th June, 1861.

TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th June, 1861.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4o4o and under 6060 and uuder 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.—ZymoticBrought forward76108274979403382
Order 1—Miasmitio
Small-Poxl1...............2Order 4—Digestive Oroans.
Measles331............7
Scarlatina...4...1.........5Cancrum Oris
Diphtheria...1...............1Gastritis...1......2......3
QuinsyEnteritis.........1.........1
Croup...7...............7Peritonitis............1......2
Hooping-Cough82211.........32Ascites.........2.........2
Typhus Fever...61l32...13UIc. of Intestines.........1.........l
Erysipelas1.........11...3Hernia (Rupture).........2......l...
Puerperal FeverIleus.........1......2
CarbuncleIntussusception...1...............1
InfluenzaFistula
Dysentery............1......1Stomach Disease, &c................1...1
Diarrhoea81...112l14Pancreas Disease, &c.
AgueHepatitis
Remittent FeverLiver Disease, &c.3......132...9
Rheumatism.........11......2Spleen Disease, &c.
PyæmiaOrder 5— Urinary Organs.
Order 2—Enthetic.
Syphilis......11.........5Nephritis...............1...1
Stricture of Urethra................1...1Disease of Bladder
HydrophobiaNephria (Bright's dis esse)............11...2
Order 3—Dietic.
Privation1..................1Diabetes.........1.........1
Want of Breast MilkStone
Purpura and ScurvyProstate Disease
Alcoholism—DeliriumKidney Disease. &c.
Tremens............1......1Order 6—Organs of Generation.
„ Intemperance
Load PoisoningOvarian Dropsy
Order 4—Parasitic.Uterus Disease, &c.
ThrushOrder 7—-Organs of Locomotion.
Worms, &c
II.Constitutional.Joint Disease, &c......12.........3
Order 1—DiatheticBones, &c...112l......5
GoutOrder 8 — Integu mentary.
Dropsy.........24......6Phlegmon
Cancer.........26......8skin Disease, & c.
Mortification.........11......2IV.-Developmental
Abscess1...2............3Order 1 - Diseases of Children.
Anaemia1..................1
Order 2-Tubrclr..........Premature Birth10..................
Scrofula...2211......6Cynosis1..................10
Tabes Mesenterica884.........20Oninn Bfirlo1
Phthisis (Consumptn)...3728266...70Other Malformations.
Hydrocephalus17...............8Teething17...............1 11
III.—Local.Order 2 — Diseases of Adults.
Order 1—Nervous System.
Paramenia
Cephalitis...21............3Childbirth......111......3
Apoplexy............33...6Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Palsy (Paralysis)............31...4
InsanityOld Age...............151328
Tetanus......1............1Order 4 —Diseases of Nutrition.
Epilepsy............1......1
Convulsions1661............23Atrophy and Debilty161...............17
ChoreaV.—Violent Deaths.
Drain Disease, &c341213...14Order l—Accidents or Negligence.
Order 2—Oroans of Circulation.
Burns and Scalds...6121......
Pericarditis.........11......2Poison10
Aneurism.........1.........1Suffocation33
Heart Disease, &c.......2284117Violence......266...115
Phlebitis...............1...1Drowning11
Disease of ArteriesOrder 3—Homicide.
Order 3—Respiratory Organs.Murder & Manslaghtr. Order 4—Soicide..........1.........1
Laryngismus............1......1Wounds......1......1...-
Laryngitis1..................1Poison.....................2
Bronchitis7812611136Drowning
Pleurisy.....................Hanging.........11......2
Pneumonia13231172...47Otherwise
Lung Disease...............3...5Not Specified
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Carried Forward76108274979403382Grand Total1131263572986418526