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Whitechapel 1866

[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 31st March, 1866.

TABLE VI.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 31st March, 1866.

Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and i under 8080 and aboveTotal.Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.
I.—ZYMOTIC.Brought forward.911213883111594507
Order 1—MiasmaticOrder —Digestive Organs.
Small-Pox...852.........15
Measles67...............13Cancrum Oris
Scarlatina284............14Gastritis
Diphtheria............1......1Enteritis
QuinsyPeritonitis............2......2
Croup14...............5Ascites......1...12...4
Hooping-Cough11271............39Ulceratn. of Intestns Hernia (Rupture).........12......3
Typhus Fever...361073...29
Erysipelas...1......11...3Ilens
Puerperal Fever1.........1......2
Carbuncle...............1...1Fistula
InfluenzaStomach Disease, &c............2......2
DysenteryPancreas Disease, &c
Diarrhoea...1.........1...2Hepatitis............1......1
AgueLiver Disease, &c.............2......6
Remittent FeverStricture of Rectum.........1.........1
RheumatismOrder 5—Urinary Organs.
Pyaemia......13...1...5
Cholera
Order 2—Enthetic.Nephritis
Syphilis1......5.........6Disease of Bladder...............2...2
Stricture of Urethra..........1.........1Nephria. (Bright's Disease)1111
Hydrophobia.........1.........1Diabetes......1......1...2
Order 3—Dietic.Stone............2......2
Privation1..................1Prostrate Disease
Want of Breast Milk.2..................2Kidney Disease, &c.............11...2
Purpura and Scurvy. Alcoholism—Delirm.......1...1......2Order 6- Organs of Generation.
Tremens............1......1
,, Intemperance.............11...2Uterus Disease, &c..........12......3
Lead PoisoningOvarian Dropsy
Order 4—Parasitic.Order 7—Oroans of Locomotion
Thrush
Worms, &c.Joint Disease......21.........3
II—CONSTITUTNLSpinal Disease, &c..........1.........1
Order 1—Diathetic.Order 8—Integu-
Gout.........1.........1Me
Cancer.........173...11Phlegmon
Mortification.........1......12Skin Disease.........1.........1
Abscess22...............4IV.—DEVELOP- MENTAL.
Noma
Order 2—TubrculrOrder 1—Disease of Children.
Scrofula......2............2
Tabes Mesenterica2112...............33Premature BIRTH5..................5
Phthisis (Consmptn.)1372628460Cyanosis
Hydrocephalus481............13Spina Bifida
HI.-Local Order 1-LOCALOther Malformationss3..................3
Teething32...............5
System.Order 2—Diseases
Cephalitis...21............3of Adults.
Apoplexy............7119Childbirth.........2.........2
Palsy (Paralysis)............27...9Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Insanity
TetanusOld Age...............121022
Epilepsy.........3.........3Premature Decay...............4...4
Convulsions174...............21Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Chorea
Brain Disease, &c.1212...4...10Atrophy & Debility..171............18
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
AnæmiaOrder 1—Accidents or Negligence.
Pericarditis......1............1
Aneurism.........1.........1Burns and Scalds2762.........17
Heart Disease, &c.......38123...26Poison
PhlebitisSuffocation9..................9
Disease of ArteriesViolence11712104136
Phlegmasia Dolens.........1.........1Drowning
Order 3-Respiratory Organs.Order 3—Homicide. Murder & Manslgter.............2......2
Laryngismus1..................1Order 4—Suicide.
Laryngitis.........11......2Wounds
Bronchitis79352714166Poison
PleurisyHanging
Pneumonia1320111128...65Otherwise
Lung Disease, &c.............37111Not Specified............1...12
Carried forward..911213883111594507Grand Total132132561061419016673