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Whitechapel 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Table E.
| Diseases. | DEATHS. | CASES. | Diseases. | DEATHS. | CASES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London 1885. | Whitechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | London 1885. | Whitechpl. District. | Dist. Med. Officers. | |||||||
| 1884. 53 wks | 1885. 52 wks | 1884. | 1885. | 1884. 53 wks | 1885. 52 wks | 1884. | ??? | |||||
| All causes | 80530 | 1571 | 1456 | 3113 | 3285 | 46 Croup | 674 | 23 | 20 | ... | ??? | |
| 47 Bronchitis | 10353 | 243 | 217 | 411 | 5 ??? | |||||||
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 48 Pneumonia | 4642 | 97 | 130 | 8 | ??? | ||||||
| 1 Small-pox | Vaccinated | 218 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 49 Pleurisy | 327 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ??? |
| Unvaccinated | 330 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 50 Other respiratory dis- eases | 1562 | 28 | 44 | 211 | ??? | |
| No statement | *857 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 20 | |||||||
| 2 Measles | 2928 | 26 | 50 | 51 | 104 | 51 Dentition | 766 | 30 | 15 | 34 | ??? | |
| 3 Scarlet fever | 707 | 45 | 16 | 35 | 7 | |||||||
| 4 Typhus fever | 28 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 98 | 3 | 7 | 30 | ??? | |
| 5 Relapsing fever | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | 365 | 1 | 2 | ... | ??? | |
| 6 Influenza | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54 Peritonitis | 330 | 5 | 2 | ... | ??? | |
| 7 Whooping cough | 2479 | 50 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 55 Diseases of liver | 1432 | 22 | 12 | 8 | ??? | |
| 8 Diphtheria | 896 | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | 56 Other diseases of diges-tive system | 1468 | 19 | 28 | 156 | 17 ??? | |
| 9 Simple, Continued, and ill-defined fever | 82 | 2 | 3 | 114 | 68 | |||||||
| 57 Diseases of lymphatic' system and ductless glands | 84 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ??? | |||||||
| 10 Enteric fever | 585 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 11 Simple cholera | 79 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 2658 | 97 | 50 | 73 | 49 | |||||||
| 13 Remittent fever | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 1955 | 38 | 32 | 20 | ??? | |
| 14 Hydrophobia | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 15 Glanders | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 16 Cow-pox and effects of ) vaccination | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 59 Diseases, generative system | 273 | 2 | 4 | 42 | ??? | |
| 17 Venereal affections | 543 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 23 | |||||||
| 18 Erysipelas | 328 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 60 Accidents of child-birth | 182 | 6 | 3 | †32 | ??? | |
| 19 Pyaemia and Septiæmia. | 148 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 Puerperal fever | 323 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 357 | 4 | 2 | 339 | ??? | |
| 21 Other zymotic diseases | 104 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||||||
| 22 Thrush | 112 | ... | 0 | ... | ... | 62 Ulcers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| 23 Worms and other para- sitic diseases | 17 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | |||||||
| 63 Diseases of integu-mentary system | 256 | 9 | 14 | 239 | ??? | |||||||
| 24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 92 | ... | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| VIOLENT DEATHS. Accident. | ||||||||||||
| 25 Alcoholism | 180 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 416 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 64 Fracture and contusion | 985 | 18 | 26 | 115 | ??? | |
| 65 Gun-shot wounds | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |||||||
| 27 Rheumatism | 129 | 6 | 1 | 461 | 503 | 66 Cut, stab | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ??? | |
| 28 Gout | 176 | ... | 2 | 24 | 24 | 67 Burn and scald | 299 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ??? | |
| 29 Rickets | 171 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6S Poison | 77 | ... | 2 | ??? | |||
| 30 Cancer | 2624 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 69 Drowning | 233 | 1 | 1 | ... | ??? | |
| 31 Tabes mesenterica | 1324 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 70 Suffocation | 574 | 26 | 18 | ... | ??? | |
| 32 Tubercular meningitis | 1325 | 36 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 71 Otherwise | 112 | 3 | 1 | ... | ??? | |
| 33 Phthisis | 8372 | 149 | 121 | 26 | 34 | |||||||
| Homicide. | ||||||||||||
| 34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 890 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 517 | 90 | 105 | 97 | 33 | 72 Murder & manslaughter | 62 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| Suicide. | ||||||||||||
| 36 Premature birth | 1838 | 25 | 23 | 1 | ... | |||||||
| 73 Gun-shot wounds | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |||||||
| 37 Atelectasis | 150 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74 Cut, stab | 67 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| 38 Congenitl. malformations | 375 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 75 Poison | 84 | 2 | 1 | ... | ??? | |
| 39 Old age | 2552 | 55 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 76 Drowning | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| 77 Hanging | 77 | ... | 2 | ... | ??? | |||||||
| 40 Apoplexy | 2149 | 43 | 43 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 78 Otherwise | 41 | 1 | ... | ... | ??? | |||||||
| 41 Epilepsy | 345 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 | Execution. | ||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 2343 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 4311 | 77 | 101 | 160 | 173 | 79 Hanging | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 112 | 1 | ... | 14 | 33 | 80 Inquests | 5576 | 141 | 291 | ... | ??? | |
| 81 Other cause | 3050 | 3 | 6 | 151 | ??? | |||||||
| 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 5776 | 98 | 84 | 21 | 29 | 82 Uncertified deaths | 908 | 10 | 10 | ... | ??? | |
* Including Deaths in Metropolitan Asylums Board Camps and Ships, t Ordinary cases.