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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 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th September, 1863.

TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th September, 1863.

Causes of Death.0 and under 1l 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 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
I.—Zymotic:— Order 1—MiasmaticBrought forward108170626173411516
Order 4—Digestive Organs.
Small-Pox173............11
Measles
Scarlatina754261.........88Cancrnm Oris
Diphtheria12......1......4Gastritis.........1.........1
Quinsy.........1.........1Enteritis.........1...1...2
Croup110...............11Peritonitis......1323...9
Hooping-Cough3111............15Ascites
Typhus Fever11013564...39Ulc. of Intestines
Erysipelas21......11...5Hernia (Rupture).........12......3
Puerperal Fever.........1.........1Ileus...............1...1
CarbuncleIntussusception
InfluenzaFistula.........1.........1
Dysentery...1...............1Stomach Disease, &c................2...2
Diarrhœa38391233...76Pancreas Disease, &c.
AgueHepatitis
Remittent FeverLiver Disease, &c..........223...7
Rheumatism......1............1Stricture of (Esophagus)
PyaemiaOrder 5-Urinary Organs.
Cholera32...............5
Order 2—Enthetic.Morbus Addisonii
Syphilis1..................lRupture of Bladder
Stricture of Urethra.. HydrophobiaNephria(Bright's dis ease).........311...5
Order 3—Dietic.Stone...1......1......2
PrivationProstrate Disease............22...4
Want of Breast MilkKindey Diesease, &c.............11...2
Purpura and Scurvy.........2.........2Order 6—Organs of Generation.
Alcoholism—Delirium Tremens............11...2
Ovarian Dropsy
„ IntemperanceUterus Disease, &c................2...1
Lead PoisoningOrder 7-Organs of Locomotion.
Order 4—Parasitic.
ThrushJoint Disease, &c..........1.........1
Worms, &c.Bones, &c.
II.—Constitutional. Order 1—DiatheticDisease of Spine...11............2
Order 8 — integumentary System.
Gout
Dropsy...32212...10Phlegmon
Cancer.........242...8Skin Disease, &c.1..................1
Mortification...............2...2IV.—developmental Order 1 —Diseases of Children.
Abscess.........21......3
Ulcer...............1...1
Order 2—Tubrclr.Premature Birth5..................5
Scrofula...11............2Cyanosis
Tabes Mesenterica19102............31Spina Bifida1..................1
Phthisis(Consumptn)24727223...65Other Malformations
Hydrocephalus15..................Teething43...............7
III.—local. Order l—Nervous System.Order 4-Disease of Adults.
Paramenia
Cephalitis1...1...3......5Childbirth......1............1
Apoplexy............4116Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Palsy (Paralysis).........154...10
TetanusOld Age...............101121
Epilepsy......111......3Order 4-Disease of Nutrition.
Convulsions134...............17
NeuralgiaAtrophy and Debility131.........1...15
Brain Disease, &c11...313...9V.—Violent Deaths. Order l— Accidents or Negligence.
Softeng, of Spinal Cord
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.
Burns and Scalds...1...51......7
PericarditisPoison...1...............1
Aneurism.........1.........1Suffocation4..................4
Heart Disease, &c.......15133...22Violence...6610127142
PhlebitisDrowning122...1......6
Disease of ArteriesChloroform............1......1
Order 3—Respiratory Organs.Order 3—Homicide.
Murder Manslaghtr.............1......1
LaryngismusOrder 4—Suicide.
Laryngitis...2...............2Wounds............2......2
Bronchitis2421310...22Poison.........1.........1
Pleurisy.........1.........1Hanging............11...2
Pneumonia118...121...23Otherwise
Lung Disease.........21......3Not Specified1..................1
Carried Forward108170626173411516Grand Total13818673901037613679