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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.
| DEATHS. | CASES. | DEATHS. | CASES. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases. | London. | Whtechpl. District. | Dist. Med Officers. | Union Infirmary. | Diseases. | London. | Whtechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | Union Infirmary | |
| All causes | *21760 | 444 | 348 | 980 | 46 Croup | 246 | 6 | ... | 1 | |
| 47 Bronchitis | 3064 | 88 | 64 | 98 | ||||||
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 48 Pneumonia | 1324 | 36 | 3 | 16 | |||||
| 1 Small-pox | Vaccinated | 107 | ... | ... | 2 | 49 Pleurisy | 83 | 1 | ... | 9 |
| Unvaccinated | 105 | 1 | ... | ... | 50 Other respiratory diseases | 466 | 8 | 27 | 15 | |
| No statement | 158 | 2 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 2 Measles | 293 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 51 Dentition | 142 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| 3 Scarlet fever | 365 | 17 | 1 | ... | ||||||
| 4 Typhus fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 27 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| 5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | 67 | ... | ... | 5 | |
| 6 Influenza | 3 | ... | ... | 13 | 54 Peritonitis | 86 | ... | ... | ||
| 7 Whooping cough | 283 | 1 | 1 | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | 413 | 9 | ... | 8 | |
| 8 Diphtheria | 315 | 4 | ... | 2 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 421 | 8 | 25 | 25 | |
| 9 Simple, Continued, and ill-defined fever | 23 | 2 | 41 | 18 | ||||||
| 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 25 | ... | ... | 7 | ||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | 238 | 8 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 11 Simple cholera | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 336 | 7 | 10 | 21 | ||||||
| 13 Remittent fever | 8 | ... | ... | 11 | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 565 | 7 | 1 | 17 | |
| 14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 16 Cow-pox and effects of vaccination | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 59 Diseases, generative system | 84 | ... | 6 | 25 | |
| 17 Venereal affections | 136 | 2 | 1 | 35 | ||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 120 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 60 Accidents of child-birth | 55 | 2 | 4 | 16 | |
| 19 Pyœmia and Septicœmia | 44 | ... | ... | 12 | ||||||
| 20 Puerperal fever | 120 | ... | ... | 2 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 108 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| 21 Other zymotic diseases . | 24 | ... | ... | 15 | ||||||
| 22 Thrush | 36 | ... | ... | 3 | 62 Ulcere | ... | ... | 3 | 61 | |
| 23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 4 | ... | l | 6 | ||||||
| 63 Diseases of integumentary system | 81 | 2 | 25 | 42 | ||||||
| 24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 30 | ... | ... | 6 | ||||||
| VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||
| 25 Alcoholism | 67 | ... | ... | 13 | ||||||
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 142 | 1 | ... | 15 | Accident. | |||||
| 64 Fracture and contusion 65 Gun-shot wounds | 288 1 | 2 | 4 | 66 | ||||||
| 27 Rheumatism | 42 | 3 | 27 | 70 | 66 Cut, stab | 8 | 1 | ... | 11 | |
| 28 Gout | 30 | ... | 1 | 11 | 67 Burn and scald | 73 | 4 | ... | 12 | |
| 29 Rickets | 43 | ... | ... | 3 | 68 Poison | 20 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 30 Cancer | 700 | 9 | ... | 6 | 69 Drowning | 47 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 31 Tabes mesenterica | 402 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 70 Suffocation | 165 | 10 | ... | ... | |
| 32 Tubercular meningitis | 277 | 14 | 2 | ... | 71 Otherwise | 47 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 33 Phthisis | 2488 | 40 | 3 | 42 | Homicide. | |||||
| 34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 258 | 3 | ... | 12 | ||||||
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 155 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 72 Murder & manslaughter | 15 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 36 Premature birth | 519 | 7 | ... | ... | Sdicide. | |||||
| 73 Gun-shot wounds | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 37 Atelectasis | 43 | ... | ... | ... | 74 Cut, stab | 17 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 38 Congenitl. malformations | 88 | 1 | ... | ... | 75 Poison | 15 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 39 Old age | 754 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 76 Drowning | 18 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 40 Apoplexy | 645 | 8 | ... | 7 | 77 Hanging | 15 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 41 Epilepsy | 107 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 71 Otherwise | 6 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 42 Convulsions | 623 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1085 | 19 | 19 | 69 | 79 Hanging | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 40 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 80 Inquests | 1577 | 34 | ... | ... | |
| 81 Other causes | 872 | ... | 29 | ... | ||||||
| 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 1599 | 31 | 1 | 20 | 82 Uncertified deaths | 276 | 1 | ... | ... | |