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Whitechapel 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IX.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 28th Sept., 1861.

TABLE IX.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 28th Sept., 1861.

Causes of Death.0 and under 1and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4o4o 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,
I.—ZymoticBrought forward114106335147434398
Order 1—Miasmatic
1222.........5Order 4—Digestive Organs.
Measles111............3
Scarlatina185............14Cancrum Oris
Diphtheria...21............3Gastritis...1......1......2
QuinsyEnteritis.....21.........3
Croup33...............6Peritonitis.........21......4
Hooping-Cough1012...............22Ascites............1......1
Typhus Fever3451417UIc. of Intestines.........1.........1
Erysipelas111...1......3Hernia (Rupture).........13......7
Puerperal Fever............1......1Ileus............1......1
Carbuncle........................Intussusception.........1.........1
InfluenzaFistula
Dysentery1.........1......2Stomach Disease, dec.............2......2
Diarrhcea35252114...68Pancreas Disease, &c.
Ague........................Hepatitis
Remittent FeverLiver Disease, &c...............3...3
Rheumatism.........1.........1Spleen Disease, &c.
PyaemiaOrder 5 —Urinary Organs.
Cholera.—...................14
Order 2—Enthbtic.Nephritis
SyphilisDisease of Bladder
Stricture of Urethra..Nephria (Bright's disease).........3.........3
Hydrophobia
Order 3—Dietic.Diabetes
PrivationStone
Want of Breast Milk1..................1Prostate Disease............14...
Purpura and Scurvy............1......1Kidney Disease. &c.
Alcoholism--DeliriumOrder 6—Organs of Generation.
Tremens.........21......3
„ Intemperance.........12......3Ovarian Dropsy.........1.........1
Lead PoisoningUterus Disease, &c..........1.........1
Order 4—Parasitic.Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Thrush
Worms, &cJoint Disease, &c.
II.—Constitutional.Bones, &c.
Order 1—DiatheticOrder 8 — Integumentary System.
Gout
Dropsy164112Phlegmon
Cancer113Skin Disease, &c.
Mortification1...23IV.—Developmental
Abscess14Order 1 — Diseases of Children.
Order 2—Tubrclr.
Scrofula34...............7Premature Birth5..................5
Tabes Mesenterica1914......1......35Cyanosis
Phthisis(Consumptn)13620163...49Spina Bifida
Hvdrocephalus331............7Other Malformations
III.—Local.Teething33...............6
Order 1—Nervous System.Order 2 — Diseases
Cephalitis211...1......5Paramenia
Apoplexy.........126...9Childbirth.........2.........2
Palsy (Paralysis).........212...5order 3 - Diseases of old people.
Insanity
Tetanus...1............1Old Age...............191130
Epilepsy......2............2Order 4 —Diseases of Nutrition.
Convulsions1781............21
Chorea............Atrophy and Debilty241..................
Brain Disease, &c1......2...1...4V.—Violent Deaths.
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.Order l—Accidents or Negligence.
PericarditisBurns and Scalds...11...............
AneurismPoison
Heart Disease, &c......1335113Suffocation3..................3
PhlebitisViolence116445......
AiiEemiaDrowning
Disease of Arteries.........11......2Order 3—Homicide.
Order 3— Respiratory Organs.MurderManslaghtr. Order 4—Soicide.
Laryngismus1..................1Wounds
Laryngitis...11.........2Poison
Bronchitis...5......45120Drowning1...2...............
Pleurisy............1......1Hanging
Pneumonia6141424...31otherwise...............1...1
Lung Disease.........1...3...4Not specified11......1......3
Carried Forward114106335147434398Grand Total1521144479658015549
* One of these deaths was occasioned by eating indigestible food.