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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 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 July 1st, 1865.

TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending July 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.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.Brought Forward9399286784485424
I.—Miasmatic.IV.—Digestive Organs.
Small-Pox...1...............1
MeaslesCancrum Oris
Scarlatina372............12Gasttritis.........1......1
Diphtheria...1...............1Enteritis......1.........1
QuinsyPeritonitis......32.........5
Croup...6...............6Ascites.........112...4
Hooping-Cough815............28Ulc. of Intestines
Typhus Fever155613......86Hernia (Rupture)1......12......4
Erysipelas......231......10Ileus.........1...1...2
Puerperal Fever......3.........8Intussusception
Carbuncle............1......1Eistula
InfluenzaStomach11
Dysentery.........2.........2Pancreas Disease, &c.
Diarrhoæa167...11126Hepatitis
AgueLiver Disease, &c..........182...11
Remittent FeverSpleen Disease, &c.
Rheumatism......11.........2Stric. of Esophagus.................1...1
Paæmia...13............4V.—Urinary Organs.
Cholera...11............2
II.-EntheticNephritis...............1...1
Syphilis3.........1......4Disease of Bladder......1............1
Stricture of Urethra...............2...2Nephria (Bright's Disease).........32......5
Hydrophobia
III.-DieticDiabetes
Privation...1...............1Stone
Want of Breast Milk.1..................1Prostate Disease...............1...1
Purpura and Scurvy..1.........1Kidney Disease, &c.............1......1
Alcoholism—Del.Tremens.........1.........1VI.—Organs of Generation.
„ IntemperanceOvarian Dropsy
Uterus Disease, &c.
IV.—Parasitic.1............1VII.—Organs of Locomotion.
Worms, &c.Joint Disease, &c....12111...6
2ConstituionalBones, &c.......1...1......2
I.—Diathetic.VIII. — IntegumentarySystem.
Gout............1......1
Dropsy......21.........3Phlegmon
Cancer.........242...8Skin Disease, &c.1..................1
Mortification.........1......13Developmental
Abscess.........1.........11. — Diseases of Children.
II.—Tubercular.
ScrofulaPremature Birth3..................3
Tabes Mesenterica1820...1.........39Cyanosis1..................1
Phthisis (Consumpn.)21228232...58Spina Bifida
Hydrocephalus44...1.........9Other Malformations Teething63...............9
3.-Local.
I.—Nervous sys temII.—Diseases of Adults.
Cephalitis...1...............1Paramenia
Apoplexy............24...6Childbirth.....................1
Palsy (Paralysis)...1......32...6III.-Disease of Old People.
InsanityOld Age...............14822
TetanusIV.—Diseases of Nutrition.
Epilepsy............1......I
Convulsions133...............16
ChoreaAtrophy and Debility20..................20
Brain Disease, &c....5...31......95.—Violent Deaths
II.—Organs of Circulation.I.—Accidents or Negligence.
PericarditisBurns and Scalds...3222......9
Aneurism.........1.........1Poison............1......1
Heart Disease, &c.......65108...29Suffoceation4..................4
PhlebitisViolence1710874138
Disease of Arteries............1......1Drowning......131......5
III.—Respiratory Organs.III.—Homicide. Murder and Manslaughter.........1.........1
Laryngismus1..................1
LaryngitisIV.-Sucide.
Bronchitis811...61113251Wounds............3......3
PleurisyDrowning
Pneumonia1481144...3?Hanging............1......1
Lung Disease, &c.............62...8Otherwise
Not Specified2..................2
Carried Forward9399286784485424Grand Total13211349921167614592