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 | 20382 | 324 | 813 | 987 | 46 Croup | 184 | 9 | ... | 2 | |||
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 47 Bronchitis | 2921 | 72 | 119 | 119 | |||||||
| 48 Pneumonia | 1149 | 19 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| „ „ 1 Small-pox | Vaccinated | 20 | 1 | 1 | 49 Pleurisy | 62 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Unvaccinated | 19 | ... | 50 Other respiratory dis- eases | 418 | 8 | 75 | 19 | |||||
| No statement | 21 | ... | ||||||||||
| 2 Measles | 549 | ... | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 51 Dentition | 215 | 7 | 13 | 5 | ||||||||
| 390 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 Typhus fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 25 | ... | 4 | 3 | |||
| 5 Relapsing fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | 76 | ... | ... | 3 | |||
| 6 Influenza | 2 | 3 | 54 Peritonitis | 89 | 1 | ... | 4 | |||||
| 7 Whooping cough | 1104 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 55 Diseases of liver | 346 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 8 Diphtheria | 208 | 1 | 1 | 56 Other diseases of diges- tive system | 404 | 3 | 29 | 21 | ||||
| 9 Simple, Continued, and ill-defined fever | 22 | ... | 35 | 12 | ||||||||
| 57 Diseases of lymphatic" system and ductless; glands | 32 | ... | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | 216 | ... | ... | 3 | ||||||||
| 11 Simple cholera | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 147 | 2 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||
| 13 Remittent fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 58 Diseases of urinary system | 474 | 8 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| 14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 16 Cow-pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 59 Diseases, generative system | 84 | ... | 12 | 46 | ||||||||
| 17 Venereal affections | 120 | 2 | ... | 42 | ||||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 100 | 2 | ... | 15 | ||||||||
| 60 Accidents of child-birth. | 48 | ... | 5 | 25 | ||||||||
| 19 Pyaemia and Septicaemia. | 33 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 20 Puerperal fever | 98 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 89 | ... | 30 | 20 | ||||||||
| 21 Other zymotic diseases | 25 | ... | ... | 5 | ||||||||
| 22 Thrush | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 62 Ulcers | ... | ... | 74 | 69 | ||||||||
| 23 Worms and other para- ) sitic diseases | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 63 Diseases of integu-mentary system | 63 | ... | 54 | 33 | ||||||||
| 24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 15 | ... | 5 | |||||||||
| VIOLENT DEATHS. Accident. 64 Fracture and contusion | 252 | 8 | 33 | 65 | ||||||||
| 25 Alcoholism | 54 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 117 | ... | ... | 12 | ||||||||
| 65 Gun-shot wounds | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 27 Rheumatism | 34 | 1 | 136 | 92 | 66 Cut, stab | 5 | ... | ... | 6 | |||
| 28 Gout | 36 | ... | 7 | 13 | 67 Burn and scald | 102 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 29 Rickets | 53 | ... | 2 | ... | 68 Poison | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | |||
| 30 Cancer | 676 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 69 Drowning | 64 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| 31 Tabes mesenterica | 289 | 3 | 3 | 70 Suffocation | 199 | 3 | ... | ... | ||||
| 32 Tubercular meningitis __ | 317 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 71 Otherwise | 29 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 33 Phthisis | 2104 | 28 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
| 34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 2CG | 8 | Homicide. 72 Murder & manslaughter | 22 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| 35 Other constitutional . diseases | 130 | 14 | 43 | 54 | ||||||||
| 36 Premature birth | 460 | 1 | ... | 2 | Suicide. 73 Gun-shot wounds | 13 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 37 Atelectasis | 29 | ... | ... | ... | 74 Cut, stab | 21 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 38 CoDgenitl. malformations | 95 | 5 | 75 Poison | 15 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| ...39 Old age | 609 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 76 Drowning | 17 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 40 Apoplexy | 513 | 7 | 10 | 77 Hanging | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 71 Otherwise | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 4! Epilepsy | 82 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 629 | 8 | 2 | 5 | Execution. 79 Hanging | |||||||
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1142 | 16 | 33 | 42 | ||||||||
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 31 | ... | 2 | 11 | 80 Inquests | 1495 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 81 Other causes | 752 | 3 | 33 | ... | ||||||||
| 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 1442 | 24 | 7 | 25 | ||||||||
| 82 Uncertified deaths | 279 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||