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Whitechapel 1864

[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 2nd April, 1864.

TABLE VI. — Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 2nd April, 1864.

Causes of Death,0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.Causes of Death.o and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.
1.—ZYMOTIC.Brought forward821163678146995562
Order 1—MiasmaticOrder 4,—Digestive
Small-Pox……31………4
Measles421……………25Cancrum Oris
Scarlatina…23…………5Gastritis1…1…1……3
DiphtheriaEnteritis1……2…2…5
QuinsyPeritonitis
Group17……………8Ascites…………21…3
Hooping-Cough1171…………11)Ulceratn. of Intestns Hernia (Rupture)…………21…3
Typhus Fever…5610176…44
Erysipelas………22……4Ileus………11……2
Puerperal Fever………1………1Intussusception………11……2
CarbuncleFistula
InfluenzaStomach Disease, Ac-…………3……3
DysenteryPancreas Disease, &c
Diarrhoea11……11…4Hepatitis………1………1
AgueLiver Disease, &c………35……10
Remittent Fever…1……………1Spleen Disease, &c.
Rheumatism……2…1……3Order 5—Urinary Organs. Nephritis
Pyaemia………2………2
Order 2—Enthetic.
Syphilis1………………1Disease of Bladder1…………2…3
Stricture of Urethra.11Nephria. (Bright's disease)………252…9
Hydrophobia
Order 3—Dietic.Diabetes
Stone……………1…1
Privation……………1…1Prostrate Disease
Want of Breast Milk.Kiclney Disease, &c.……1…11…3
Purpura and Scurvy. •Alcoholism—Delirm. Tremens………11……2Order 6 —Organs of Generation.
Ovarian Dropsy
„ Intemperance………11……2
Lead Poisoning……………………Uterus Disease, &c………12……3
Order 4—Parasitic.Ovariotomy…………1……1
Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Thrush
Joint Disease, &c……111……3
II—CONSTITUTNLBones, &c……21………3
Order 1—Diathetic.Order 8—Integumentary System.
Gout…………1……1
Dropsy……3366…18Phlegmon
Cancer…………34…7Skin Disease, &c1…1…………2
Mortification……12………3IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL.
Abscess1……131…6
Order 2— Tubrculr.Order 1—Disease of Children.
Scrofula3………………3
Tabes Mesenterica168……………24Premature Birth8………………8
Phthisis (Consmptn.)273023466Cyanosis
Hydrocephalus38……………11Spina Bifida
III.— LOCAL. Order 1—Nervous System.Other Malformations Teething54……………9
Order 2—Diseases of Adults.
Meningitis…3……2……5
Apoplexy………358…16Paramenia
Palsy (Paralysis.)......………154…10Childbirth
InsanityOrder 3—Diseases of Old People.…………4271445
Tetanus
EpilepsyOld Age
Convulsions2061…1……28Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Chorea
Brain Disease, &c122131…10Atrophy & Debility..16………3……19
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
Ansemia…………1……1Order 1—Accidents or Negligence.
Pericartidis
Aneurism………1………1Burns and Scalds293111118
Heart Disease, &c…126148…31Poison
PhlebitisSuffocation4………………4
Disease of ArteriesViolence248164236
Phlegmasia Dolens1…………...…1Order 3—Homicide. Murder & Manslgter.………1………1
Order 3— Respira-tory Organs.
Order 4—Suicide.
Laryngismus1l……………2Wounds
Larynggitis…111………3Poison………1………1
Bronchitis582631435100Drowning………11……2
Pleurisy…………41…5Hanging…………2……2
Pneumonia232224132…66Otherwise
Lung Disease, &c………188…17Not Specified………1……1
Carried forward821163678146995562Grand Total1231294910319814322767