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Whitechapel 1865

[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 April 1st, 1865.

TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending April 1st, 1865.

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.TotalCauses 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.Brought Forward1031214070125988565
I—Miasmatic.IV.—Digestive Organs.
Small.Pox...I2............3
Measles3111............15Cancrum Oris
Scaarlatina...94............13Gastritis.........1.........1
Diphtheria...1............1Enteritis
QuinsyPeritonitis
Group...53...............8Ascites.........131...5
Hooping.Cough1424............41Ulc.of Intestines
Typhus Fever14371813...46Hernia (Rupture).........22...15
Erysipelas1...3......4Ilens............1......1
Puerperal Fever...Intussusception1..................1
Carbuncle............1......1Fistula
InfluenzaStomach Disease, &c.
DysenteryPancreas Disease, &c................1.........1
Diarrhœa31......32...9Hepatitis
AgueLiver Diseases, &c......1l52...y
Remittent FeverSpleen Disease, &c
Rheumatism.........11......2V.—Urinary Organs.
Pyæmia.........121...4
II.—Enthetic.Nephritis......1...............l
Syphilis11...2.........4Disease of Bladder
Stricture of Urethra............21...3Nephria (Bright's Disease)......1352...11
Hydrophobia ....
GlandersDiabetes
III.—Dietic.Stone
Privation.........21......3Prostate Disease
Want of Breast Milk1..................1Kidney Disease, &c................1......l
Purpura and Scurvy....11............2VI.—Organs of Generation.
Alcoholism—DeL Tremens.........1.........1
Ovarian Dropsy............I......l
„ IntemperanceUterus Disease, &c............1......1
Lead PoisoningVII.—Organs of Locomotion.
IV.—Parasitic.
Thrush3..................3Joint Disease, &c..........31......4
Worms, &cBones, &c....111.........3
2.—ConstitutionalVIII. — IntegumentarySystem
Gout...............1...1Skin Disease, &c
Dropsy...11...24...8
Cancer.........21...64.—Developments
Mortification.........1......12I. — Diseases of Children.
Abscess11...3.........5
II.—Tubercular.Premature Birth5.....................5
ScrofulaCyanosis
Tabes Mescnterica19161............36Spina Bifida
Phthisis (Consumpn.)...3525224...59Other Malformations1..................1
Hydrocephalus272.........11Teething76...............13
3—Local.II.—Diseases of Adults.
I.—Nervous Sys TEM
Paramenia
11...............2Childbirth.........11......2
Apoplexy...1134110III.—Diseases of
Palsy (Paralysis).........210113OLD PEOPLE
Old Age...............221335
Insanity...IV.—Diseases of Nutrition.
Epilepsy1...111...1 3
Convulsions26...............32Atrophy and Debility..................
Chorea......1.........15.—Violent Deaths
Brain Disease, Ac.13421I...12I.—Accidents or Negligence.
II.—Organs of
Circulation.Burns and Scalds21061...2122
Pericarditis...111......3Poison...1...............1
Aneurism......1.........1Suffocation4..................4
Heart Disease, &c......6117...24Violence1...31195...2y
Phlebitis......1.........1Drowning.........1.........i
Disease of Arteries............1...1III.—Homicide. Murder and Manslaughter
III.—Respiratory Organs.
Laryugismus1...............1IV.—Suicide.
LaryngitisWounds
Bronchitis99142934591Poison
PleurisyDrowning
Pneumonia151766122...58Hanging............1......l
Lung Disease, &c....l711...19Otherwise
Not Specified1..................1
Carried Forward1031214070125988565Grand Total140139539615713323741