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Whitechapel 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE XI.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending January 2nd, 1864.

TABLE XI.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending January 2nd, 1864.

Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 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 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Total.
1,—Zymotic. I.—Miasmatic.Brought Forward112129577989631530
IV. — Digestive Organs.
Small-pox123…………6
Measles22……………4Cancrum Oris
Scarlatina23214…………46Gastritis…1…11……3
Diphtheria…1……………1Enteritis……………1…1
QuinsyPeritonitis……12………3
Croup371…………11Ascites……1……2…3
Hooping-cough16……………7Ulc. of Intestines………11……2
Typhus Fever151612108…52Hernia (Rupture)…………3……3
Erysipelas1…1122…7Ileus
Puerperal Fever………1………1Intussusception…………1……1
CarbuncleFistula
InfluenzaStomach Disease, &c.………2…2…4
Dysentery…………1……1Pancreas Disease, &c.
Diarrhoea64…11……12Hepatits……………2…2
AgueLiver Disease, &c.………14……5
Remittent FeverStricture of Rectum.………1………2
Rheumatism……11………2V.-Urinary Organs.
Pvæmia……1…………1
II.—Enthetic.Nephritis…1……………1
Syphilis3………1……4Disease of Bladder…………1……1
Stricture of UrethraNephria (Bright's Disease)………56……11
Hydrophobia
III.—Dietic.Diabetes
PrivationStone
Want of -Breast Milk Purpura and Scurvy Alcoholism —Delirium Tremens.………211…4Prostate Disease…………21…3
Kidney Disease, &c.……1…………1
VI.-Organs of Generation.
„ IntemperanceOvarian Dropsy…………1…1
Lead PoisoningUterus Disease, &c.………1………1
IV.—ParasiticRecto-vaginal Fistula………1………1
ThrushVII.-Organ of Locomotion.
Worms, &c.
2.-ConstitutionalJoint Disease, &c.………11……2
Bones, &c.
GoutVIII.-Integu mentary system.
Dropsy…21122…8
Cancer……1322…8Phlegmon
Mortification1……112…5Skin Disease, &c.
Abscess2………3……54.-Developmental I.—Diseases of Children.
Ulcer……………1…1
II.—Tubercular.
Scrofula21…………3Premature Birth2………………2
Tabes Mesenterica12121…………25Cyanosis
Phthisis (Consumtn.)13737208…76Spina Bifida
Hydrocephalus…3……………3Other Malformation63……………9
Teething
3.—Local. 1.—Nervous System.II.-Disease of Adults.
Paramenia……13………4
Meningitis12221……8Childbirth
Apoplexy……1347…15III.-Disease of Old People.
Palsy (Paralysis)………12418
InsanityOld Age……………121022
Tetanus……………1…1IV.-Disease of Nutrition.
Epilepsy………121…4
Convulsions379……………46
ChoreaAstrophy and debility121………1…14
Brain Disease, &c.……221……55.-Violent Deatns I.—Accidents or Negligence.
II.—Organs of Circulation.
Pericarditis……2…1……3Burns and Scalds…10541……20
Aneurism………1………1Poison………1………1
Heart Disease, &c.…153104…23Suffocation41……………5
PhlebitisViolence…11456…17
Disease of ArteriesDrowning………11……2
III.—RespiratoryIII.—Homicide. Murder and Man
Laryngismus12……………3slaughter…………1……1
LaryngitisIV.—Suicide.
Bronchitis155131315…52Wounds………11……2
Pleurisy11…11…4Poison………11……2
Pneumonia2130222……57Drowning
Lung Disease, &c.…………34…7Hanging……1…2……3
Otherwise
Not Specified
Carried Forward112129577989631530Grand Total136147681101229111685