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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Table D.
| Diseases. | London. | Whtechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | Union Infirmary. | Diseases. | London. | Whtechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | Union Infirmary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | 19944 | 380 | 268 | 851 | 46 Croup | 188 | 5 | 3 | ||
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 47 Bronchitis | 2067 | 53 | 32 | 67 | |||||
| 48 Pneumonia | 1083 | 19 | ... | 7 | ||||||
| 1 Small-pox | Vaccinated | 71 | 1 | 1 | ... | 49 Pleurisy | 56 | ... | 1 | 8 |
| Unvaccinated | 120 | ... | ... | ... | 50 Other respiratory dis-eases | 327 | 5 | 21 | 18 | |
| No statement | 102 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 Measles | 1024 | 7 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 Scarlet fever | 343 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 51 Dentition | 247 | 11 | 9 | 5 | |
| 4 Typhus fever | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 28 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | 62 | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| 6 Influenza | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 54 Peritonitis | 83 | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| 7 Whooping cough | 1296 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 55 Diseases of liver | 362 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 8 Diphtheria | 207 | 1 | ... | 2 | 56 Other diseases of diges- tive system | 391 | .5 | 17 | 19 | |
| 9 Simple, Continued, and ill-defined fever | 18 | ... | 6 | 16 | ||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | 196 | 1 | ... | 6 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 27 | ... | 1 | 6 | |
| 11 Simple cholera | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 201 | 7 | 11 | 25 | ||||||
| 13 Remittent fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 14 Hydrophobia | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 428 | 9 | ... | 8 | |
| 15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 16 Cow-pox and effects of vaccination | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 59 Diseases, generative system | 88 | 2 | 7 | 27 | |
| 17 Venereal affections | 117 | 4 | 2 | 35 | ||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 73 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 60 Accidentsof child-birth | 40 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 19 Pyæmia and Septicaemia. | 47 | ... | ... | 3 | ||||||
| 20 Puerperal fever | 59 | ... | ... | 2 | ||||||
| 21 Other zymotic diseases .. | 36 | ... | ... | 6 | 61 Diseases of locomotivesystem | 93 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| 22 Thrush | 15 | ... | ... | 4 | ||||||
| 23 Worms and other para-sitic diseases | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 62 Ulcers | ... | ... | 4 | 44 | |
| 63 Diseases of integu-mentary system | 72 | 3 | 24 | 33 | ||||||
| 24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | ||||||
| 25 Alcoholism | 56 | 2 | ... | 17 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 89 | ... | ... | 8 | 64 Fracture and contusion | 258 | 6 | 3 | 53 | |
| 65 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 27 Rheumatism | 32 | ... | 18 | 62 | 66 Cut, stab | 8 | ... | ... | 19 | |
| 28 Gout | 41 | ... | 2 | 3 | 67 Burn and scald | 59 | 1 | ... | 5 | |
| 29 Rickets | 56 | 1 | ... | 4 | 68 Poison | 15 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 30 Cancer | 630 | 8 | ... | 5 | Drowning | 78 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 31 Tabes mesentcrica | 293 | 8 | ... | 5 | 70 Suffocation | 143 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| 32 Tubercular meningitis | 375 | 4 | 1 | 71 Otherwise | 33 | 3 | ... | ... | ||
| 33 Phthisis | 2174 | 43 | 4 | 28 | ||||||
| 34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 257 | ... | ... | 3 | Homicide. | |||||
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 129 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 72 Murder & manslaughter | 17 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 36 Premature birth | 484 | 7 | ... | 8 | Suicide. | |||||
| 73 Gun-shot wounds | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 37 Atelectasis | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 74 Cut, stab | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 38 Congenitl. malformations | 80 | ... | ... | 3 | ||||||
| 75 Poison | 19 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 39 Old age | 554 | 15 | 2 | | 35 | ||||||
| 76 Drowning | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 40 Apoplexy | 509 | 11 | ... | 13 | 77 Hanging | 22 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 71 Otherwise | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 41 Epilepsy | 105 | 1 | ... | 24 | ||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 612 | 14 | ... | 5 | Execution. | |||||
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1132 | 28 | 16 | 23 | ||||||
| 79 Hanging | ||||||||||
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 29 | 1 | 17 | 80 Inquests | 1328 | 40 | ... | ... | ||
| 81 Other causes | 660 | ... | 25 | 38 | ||||||
| 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 1311 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 82 Uncertified deaths | 253 | nil | ... | ... | |
This Total does not include "Inquests" or "Uncertified Deaths."