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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 1862

[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 27th Sept., 1862.

TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 27th Sept., 1862.

Causes of Death.0 and under 1I and under 55 and under 2020 and under 404o 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.—Zymotic:—Brought forward117167448167351512
Order 1- Miasmatic
Small-Pox2221.........7Order 4—Digestive
Measles9543............66Organs.
Scarlatina...1814.........23Cancrum Oris
Diphtheria...4............4Gastritis
Quinsy...21............3Enteritis1......1.........2
Croup161............8Peritonitis............21...3
Hooping-Cough461............11Ascites............12...3
Typhus Fever151519174162Ulc. of Intestines
Erysipelas11.........1...3Hernia (Rupture).........113...5
Puerperal FeverIleus
CarbuncleIntussusception
InfluenzaFistula.........1.........1
DysenteryStomach Disease, &c.
Diarrhœa1814...1...3...36Pancreas Disease, &c.
Ague............1......1Hepatitis
Remitted fever...Liver Disease, &c..........131...5
Rheumatism...............1...1Stricture of CEsophagus
Pyæmia............1......1Order 5 Urinary Organs.
Cholera1...1...12...5
Order 2- EntheticMorbus Addisonii
Syphilis1.........1......2Disease of Bladder...............3...3
Stricture Stricture of UrethraNephria (Bright's disease)...1...221...6
HydrophobiaDiabetes.........2.........2
Order 3—Dietic.Prostste Diesease
Want of Breast milkPrivationKidney Disease &c.
Purpura and Scurvy1..................1
Alcoholism-DelirinumPyelitis.........1.........1
Tremens.........3.........3Order 6—Organs of Generation.
„ Intemerance.........1.........1
Lead poisoning.........1.........1Ovarian Dropsy
Order 4-parasitic.Uterus Disease, &c.............1......1
Thrush3..................3Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Worm, &c.
II.- Constitutional.Joint Disease, &c.
Order 1- DiaheticBones, &c.
GoutOrder 8 — Integu Mentary System.
Dropsy...11132...8
Cancer.........242...8Phlegmon
Mortification...1...132...7Elephantiasis
Abscess...11......1...3IV,—Developmental
Order 2- tuberclr. Scrofula11...1.........3Order l —Diseases of children.
Premature Birth2..................2
Tabes mesenterica23111............37Cyanosis
Phthisis(Consumptn)...342782...44Spina Bifida
Hydrocephalus45...............9Other Malformatious
III.- Local.Teething53...............8
Order 1- Nervous System.Order 2 — Diseases of Adults.
Cephalitis11...1.........3Paramenia
Apoplexy...1...141...7Childbirth
Palsy (paralysis).........115...7Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Catalepsy
TetanusOld Age...............18826
Epilepsy...112.........4Order 4 —Diseases of Nutrition.
Convulsions...5...............26
NeuralgiaAtrophy and Debilty151...............16
Brain Disease, &c.11122......7V.—Violent Deaths.
Order 2—organs of CirculationsOrder l—Accidents or Negligence.
Pericarditis......11.........2Burns and Scalds...4......1......5
Aneurism.........1.........1Poison
Heart Disease &c.......22104...18Suffocation
PhlebitisViolence...12474119
Disease of ArteriesDrowning......311......5
Disease of veinsOrder 3—Homicide.
Order 3—Respira tory Organs.Murder & Manslaghtr.
Order 4—Suicide.
LaryngismusWounds
Laryngitis...2...............2Poison............1......1
Bronchitis282433...22Drowning
Pleurisy1.........1......2Hanging............1......1
Pneumonia21135251...47Otherwise
Lung Disease............21...3Not Specified3............1...4
Carried Forward117167448167351512Grand Total1431774995886910631