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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 December 31st, 1864

TABLE XI—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending December 31st, 1864

Causes of Death0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotalCauses of Death0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal
l.-ZymoticBrought Forward991073077101735492
I,—MiasmaticIV—Digestive Organs
SmallPox.........1.........1
Measles1131............15Cancrum Oris
Scarlatina1105............16Gastritis............1......1
Diphtheria......1............1Enteritis............1......2
Quinsy.....................Peritonitis...............1...1
Croup311...............14Ascites.........121...4
HoopingCough...71............13UlC.of Intestines...
Typhus Fever233977...31Hernia (Rupture)............11...2
Erysipelas3......12......6Ileus.........1.........1
Puerperal Fever.........3.........3Intussusception
CarbuncleFistula............1......1
InfluenzaStomach Diseases,&c......22......6
DysenteryPancreas Diseases,&c
Diarrhœa341...26...16Hepatitis
AgueLiver Disease, &c.........123...6
Remittent Fever1..................1Spleen Disease, &c
Rheumatic Fever......31116V—Urinary Organs
Pyræmia...1...1...1...3
II—EntheticNephritis
Syphilis2......2.........4Diseases of Bladder...............1...1
Stricture of Urethra............1......1Nephria (Bright's Disease)............12...3
Hydrophobia
Glander............1......1Diabetes
IIL—DieticStone...............1...1
PrivationProstate Disease
Want of Breast MilkKidney Disease, &c.........121...4
Purpura and Scurvy Alcoholism—DeL Tremens............1......1VI—Organs of
Ovarian Dropsy............1......1
„ Intemperance.........333...9Uterus Disease, &c
Lead Poisoning IV—ParasiticVII—Organs of
ThrushJoint Diseases,&c......31.........4
Worms, &cBones, &c...1321......7
2ConstitutionalVIII — Integu mentarySystem
I—Diathetic
GoutPhlegmon
Dropsy.........114...6Skin Disease, &c
Cancer............31...44—Developmental
Mortification1..................1I — Diseases of Children
Abscess............2......2
II—TubercularPremature Birth5..................5
ScrofulaCvanosis
Tabes Mesenterica178...1.........26Spina Bifida
Phthisis (Consumpn)21432205165Other Malformations2...............2
Hydrocephalus...6...............6Teethin410............14
3—LocalII—Diseases of Adults
L—Nervous Sys
Paramenia
Cephalitis......3............3Childbirth......11......2
Apoplexy.........246...12III—Diseases of Old People
Palsy (Paralysis)......1137113
InsanityOld Age...............151025
TetanusIV—Diseases of Nutrition
Epilepsy.........3...1...4
Convulsions163...............19Atrophy and Debility13......1.........14
Chorea5—Violent Deaths
Brain Disease, & c...11......1...3I—Accidents or Negligence
II—Organs of Circulation
Burns and Scalds...84......2...14
Pericarditis1...1............9,Poison
Aneurism11Suffocation2.........11...4
Heart Disease,& c......12112117Violence......7890...32
Drowing......1............1
Disease of ArteriesIII. Homeicide...............
III—Respiratory OrgansMurder and Man.........1...1...2
LaryngismusIV—Suicide
Laryngitis...1...............1Wounds
Bronchitis1611...42521279Poison
Pleurisy...1...11......3Drowing
Pneumonia...264383...69Hanging.........1...1...2
Lung Disease, Acc.........554...14Otherwise
Not Specified
Carried Forward991073077101735492Grand Total125126509810611415654