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Whitechapel 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th March, 1862.

TABLE VII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th March, 1862.

Order 1—Miasmatic
Small-Pox122...1......6Order 4—Digestive Organs.
Measles7361............44
Scarlatina183............12Cancrum Oris
Diphtheria...21............3Gastritis
Quinsy...2.........2Enteritis12...............3
Croup12...............3Peritonitis......1............1
Hooping-Cough69...............15Ascites......1...23...6
Typhus Fever...6725379...84Ulc. of Intestines
Erysipelas1...1......1...3Hernia (Rupture)............3......3
Puerperal FeverIleus
CarbuncleIntussusception
InfluenzaFistula
DysenteryStomach Disease, &c.............11...2
Diarrhoea13......22...8Pancreas Disease, &c.
AgueHepatitis1I
Remittent Fever...1...............1Liver Disease, &c.............21...3
Rheumatism......1............1Stricture of Œsophagus
Pæmia............3.........3Order 5 — Urinary Organs.
Cholera
Order 2—Enthetic.Morbus Addisonii
Syphilis2..................2Disease of Bladder
Stricture of Urethra HydrophobiaNephria (Blight's disease)............2......2
Order 3—Dietic.Diabete......1............1
Privation.........11......2Stone...............1...1
Want of Breast MilkProstate Disease...............1...1
Pufpura aud Scurvy............1......1Kidney Disease. &c.
Alcoholism -Delirium.........2.........2Order 6—Organs of Generation.
Tremens
„ IntemperanceOvarian Dropsy.........1.........1
Lead PoisoningUterus Disease, &c..........11......2
Order 4—Parasitic.Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Thrush1..................1
Worms, &c.Joint Disease, &c..........1.........1
II.—Constitutional.Bones, &c....121.........4
Order 1—DiatheticOrder 8 — Integu
Goutmentary System.
Dropsy............24...6Phlegmon ...............
Cancer............33...6Elephantiasis .....................1.........1
Mortification............1214IV.—Developmental
Abscess......12.........3Order 8 — Integu mentary System.
Order 2—Tubrclr.
Scrofula112............4Premature Birth2..................2
Tabes Mesenterica1310..................23Cyanosis
Phthisis(Consumptn)......323161...43Spina Bifida
Hydrocephalus210...1.........13Other Malformatious2..................2
III.—LocalTeething24...............6
Order 1—Nervous System.Order 2 — Diseases of Adults.
Cephalitis...211.........4Paramenia
Apoplexy.........174113Childbirth......1............1
Palsy (Paralysis)......1...31...5Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Catalepsy............1......1
TetanusOld Age............120627
EpilepsyOrder 4 — Diseases of Nutrition.
Convulsions *2161............28
Neuralgia............1......1Atrophy and Debilty9.........1......12
Brain Disease, &c.223322...14V.—Violent Deaths.
Order 2—organs ofOrder 1—Accidents or Negligence.
Circulation.
Pericarditis......1............1Burns and Scalds132............6
Aneurism.........11......2Poison...1...11......3
Heart Disease, &c.......1769...23Suffocation3..................3
PhlebitisViolence...1151110129
Disease of ArteriesDrowning
Disease of Veins.........1.........1Order 3—Homicide. Murder & Manslaghtr Order 4—Suicide.
Order 3—respiratory Organs.
LaryngismusWounds............11...2
Laryngitis11......1......3Poison.........1.........1
Bronchitis881167233Drowning
Pleurisy......11.........2Hanging...............1...1
Pneumonia18181132...43Otherwise......11.........2
Lung Disease............23...5Not Specified2......111...5
Carried Forward871293390104641475Grand Total10914143911259011610

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* Many deaths from convulsions are caused by the improper administration of Opiates to children, and from foul air.