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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 VIII.—LONDON HOSPITAL.Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the ThreeMonths ending 28th Sept., 1801.

TABLE VIII.—LONDON HOSPITAL.

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

Months ending 28th Sept., 1801.

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 8080 and aboveTotal,
I.—Zymotic:—Brought forward...271536...33
Order 1—MiasmaticOrder 4—Digestive Organs.
Small-Pox
MeaslesCancrum Oris
Scarlatina......1............1Gastritis
DiphtheriaPeritonitis
QuinseyAscites.........1...1...?.
CroupUlc. of Intestines
Hooping-CoughHernia (Rupture).........1............
Typhus Fever.........2.........2Ileus132...6
Erysipelas......1............1Intussuscuption............1......1
Puerperal FeverEistula
CarbuncleStomach Disease, & c.
InfluenzaHepatitis............2......2.
DysenteryPancreas diseas, &c.
Diarrhoea...1...1...1...3Hepatitis
AgueLiver Disease &c.
Remittent FeverSapleen Disease, &c.
RheumatismOrder 5—Urinary Organs.
Pyaemia
Cholera......1............1
Order 2—Enthetic.Nephritis
SyphilisDisease of Bladder.........2.........2
Stricture of UrethraNephria (Bright's Disease)
Hydrophobia.
Order 3 - Dietic,Diabetes
PrivationStone............l3...4
Want of Breast Milk Purpura and Scurvy.........1......1Piostate Disease, &c Kidney Disease, dsc.
„ Intemperance Lead Poisoning.........1.........1Generation. Ovarian Dropsy.........1.........1
Order 4—Parasitic.Disease of Uterus, &c..........1.........1
ThrushOrder 7—Organs op Locomotion.
Worms, &c
II.-ConstitutionalJoint Disease &c
Order 1—Diathetic.Bones, &c
GoutOrder 8-Integumentary System.
Dropsy
Cancer......11...1...3Phlegmon
Mortification...............1...1skin Disease, &c.
Abscess.........1.........1
Order 2—Tubrclr.Order 1 — Diseases of children
ScrofulaPremature Birth
Tabes Mesenterica.........1.........1Cyanosis
Phthisis (Consumptn).........1.........1Spina Bifida
Hydrocephalus III.—Local.Other Malformations Teething
Order 1—Nervous System.Order 2 — Diseases of old adults.
CephalitisParamenia
Apoplexy...............1...1Childbirth
Palsy (Paralysis)Order 3 — Diseases of old people.
Insanity
Tetanus......1............IOld Age
Epilepsy......1............1Order 4— Diseases of nutrition,
Convulsions
ChoreaAtrophy and Debilty
Brain Disease, &c.v. - violent Deaths.
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.Order 1—Accidents of negligence
PercarditisBurns and Scalds...11311...7
AneurismPoison
Heart Disease, &c..........21......3Suffocation
PhlebitisViolence...15733...19
Order 3- Respiratory organs.Order, 4- SUICIDE.
Disease of ArteriesMurder and Manslaughter
Order 3—Respiratory Organs.
Order, 4 - Suicide
LaryngismusWounds
Laryngitis.........1.........1Poison
Bronchitis............12...3Drowning
PleurisyHanging
Pneumonia...1131......6Otherwise
Lung Disease, &c.Not Specified............1......1
Carried forward....271536...33Grand Total...41332156...60