London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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. | DEATHS. | CASES. | Diseases. | DEATHS. | CASES. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London. | Whtechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | Union Infirmary. | London. | Whtechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | Union Infirmary | |||
| All causes | 20965 | 423 | 300 | 1177 | 46 Croup | 126 | 3 | ... | ... | |
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 47 Bronchitis | 1159 | 30 | 22 | 78 | |||||
| 48 Pneumonia | 698 | 23 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 1 Small-pox | Vaccinated | 51 | ... | ... | ... | 49 Pleurisy | 60 | 1 | ... | 19 |
| Unvaccinated | 80 | 2 | ... | ... | 50 Other respiratory dis- eases | 273 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| No statement | 65 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 Measles | 419 | 9 | 24 | 6 | ||||||
| 3 Scarlet fever | 346 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 51 Dentition | 192 | 11 | 4 | 11 | |
| 4 Typhus fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 22 | 1 | 7 | 20 | |
| 5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | 131 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| G Influenza | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 54 Peritonitis | 82 | 2 | ... | 1 | |
| 7 Whooping cough | 505 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 55 Diseases of liver | 434 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
| 8 Diphtheria | 243 | 2 | ... | ... | 56 Other diseases of diges-tive system | 443 | 3 | 29 | 34 | |
| 9 Simple, Continued, and ill-defined fever | 15 | ... | 17 | 24 | ||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | 286 | 6 | ... | 2 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic" system and ductlessglands | 21 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 11 Simple cholera | 145 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 3097 | 81 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
| 13 Remittent fever | 3 | ... | ... | 10 | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 411 | 14 | 4 | 25 | |
| 14 Hydrophobia | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 16 Cow-pox and effects of vaccination | 9 | ... | ... | 3 | 59 Diseases, generative system | 59 | ... | 3 | 52 | |
| 17 Venereal affections | 164 | 6 | 5 | 41 | ||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 79 | ... | 2 | 22 | 60 Accidentsof child-birth | 50 | 4 | 4 | 40 | |
| 19 Pyannia and Septictcmia. | 35 | 1 | ... | 3 | ||||||
| 20 Puerperal fever | 50 | ... | ... | 2 | ||||||
| 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 91 | ... | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 21 Other zymotic diseases | 17 | ... | ... | 12 | ||||||
| 22 Thrush | 53 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 62 Ulcers | ... | ... | 65 | |||||||
| 23 Worms and other para-sitic diseases | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 63 Diseases of integu-mentary system | 63 | 19 | 63 | |||||||
| 24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 34 | ... | ... | 3 | ||||||
| VIOLENT DEATHS. Accident. | ||||||||||
| 25 Alcoholism | 66 | 1 | ... | 9 | ||||||
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 96 | ... | ... | 7 | 64 Fracture and contusion | 267 | 2 | 4 | 75 | |
| 65 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 27 Rheumatism | 32 | 2 | 19 | 96 | 66 Cut, stab | 6 | ... | ... | 21 | |
| 28 Gout | 50 | 2 | 16 | 67 Burn and scald | 54 | 1 | ... | 10 | ||
| 29 Rickets | 38 | ... | ... | 4 | 68 Poison | 13 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 30 Cancer | 617 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 69 Drowning | 115 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 31 Tabes mesenterica | 610 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 70 Suffocation | 95 | 7 | ... | ... | |
| 32 Tubercular meningitis | 347 | 7 | ... | ... | 71 Otherwise | 59 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 33 Phthisis | 2115 | 38 | 4 | 31 | Homicide. | |||||
| 34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 273 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 101 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 72 Murder &manslaughter | 16 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Suicide. | ||||||||||
| 36 Premature birth | 448 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 73 Gun-shot wounds | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 37 Atelectasis | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 74 Cut, stab | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 38 Congenitl. malformations | 90 | 1 | ... | 4 | ||||||
| 75 Poison | 21 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 39 Old age | 556 | 8 | 6 | 39 | ||||||
| 76 Drowning | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 77 Hanging | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 40 Apoplexy | 474 | 17 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| 71 Otherwise | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 41 Epilepsy | 84 | 2 | ... | 21 | ||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 738 | 12 | ... | 6 | Execution. | |||||
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1079 | 14 | 23 | 45 | ||||||
| 79 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 21 | ... | ... | 24 | 80 Inquests | 1332 | 23 | ... | ... | |
| 81 Other causes | 1217 | ... | 18 | ... | ||||||
| 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 1120 | 19 | 1 | 32 | ||||||
| 82 Uncertified deaths | 243 | 8 | ... | ... | ||||||
* This Total does not include "Inquests" or "Uncertified Deaths."