Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Table J.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1886.
Causes of Death. | 1 st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | |
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All Causes......... | 25709 | 17772 | 19351 | 19429 | 82261 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 2056 | 1317 | 1174 | 1569 | 6116 | |
46 Croup | 173 | 108 | 99 | 143 | 523 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
47 Bronchitis | 5458 | 1832 | 1037 | 2957 | 11284 | |||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 11756 | 1064 | 640 | 1190 | 4650 |
Unvaccinatec | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 49 Pleurisy | 87 | 67 | 47 | 60 | 261 | |
No statement | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 50 Other respiratory dis's | 615 | 335 | 224 | 413 | 1587 | |
2 Measles | 507 | 537 | 390 | 644 | 2078 | |||||||
3 Scarlet fever | 102 | 102 | 173 | 310 | 687 | 51 Dentition | 256 | 180 | 153 | 104 | 693 | |
4 Typhus | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 22 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 89 | |
5 Relapsing fever | 1 | 1 | 53 Enteritis | 86 | 91 | 223 | 118 | 518 | ||||
6 Influenza | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 54 Peritonitis | 96 | 81 | 71 | 75 | 323 | ||
7 Whooping Cough | 1551 | 787 | 295 | 202 | 2835 | 55 Diseases of liver | 367 | 384 | 379 | 394 | 1524 | |
8 Diphtheria | 220 | 188 | 185 | 253 | 846 | |||||||
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever. | 18 | 20 | 14 | 70 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 424 | 354 | 416 | 377 | 1571 | ||
57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 29 | 33 | 26 | 27 | 115 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 124 | 101 | 175 | 219 | 619 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | 6 | 125 | 6 | 137 | ||||||||
12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 201 | 244 | 373 | j / 3950 | ||||||||
13 Remittent fever | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 58 Disea's urinary system | 581 | 504 | 430 | 535 | 2050 | |
14 Hydrophobia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
15 Glanders | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | 2 | 2 | 4 | 59 Diseases, generative system | 78 | 81 | 55 | 69 | 283 | |||
17 Venereal affections | 151 | 103 | 166 | 124 | 544 | |||||||
60 Accidents of childbirth | 60 | 49 | 78 | 48 | 235 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 58 | 55 | 57 | 87 | 257 | |||||||
19 Pyaemia & Septicaemia | 36 | 39 | 25 | 34 | 134 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 113 | 97 | 43 | 101 | 354 | |
20 Puerperal fever | 66 | 65 | 69 | 79 | 279 | |||||||
21 Other zymotic diseases | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 70 | |||||||
22 Thrush | 22 | 24 | 46 | 21 | 113 | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 77 | 59 | 70 | 67 | 273 | |
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |||||||
VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 13 | 14 | 39 | 25 | 91 | |||||||
266 | 261 | 235 | 208 | 970 | ||||||||
25 Alcoholism | 66 | 50 | 55 | 49 | 220 | 64 Gun shot wounds | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
65 Cut, stab | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 114 | 76 | 76 | 96 | 362 | |||||||
66 Burn and scald | 118 | 55 | 52 | 60 | 285 | |||||||
67 Poison | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 63 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 43 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 104 | |||||||
68 Drowning | 41 | 84 | 131 | 69 | 325 | |||||||
28 Gout | 45 | 42 | 26 | 25 | 138 | 69 Suffocation | l83 | 145 | 112 | 155 | 595 | |
70 Otherwise | 30 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 132 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 78 | 57 | 49 | 34 | 218 | |||||||
30 Cancer | 657 | 653 | 675 | 703 | 2688 | |||||||
19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 68 | ||||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 300 | 300 | 646 | 345 | 1591 | |||||||
32 Tubercular meningitis | 339 | 355 | 323 | 236 | 1253 | |||||||
5 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 40 | ||||||||
33 Phthisis | 2320 | 2046 | 1913 | 2053 | 8332 | |||||||
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 240 | 230 | 278 | 206 | 954 | |||||||
35 Other constitutnl. dis's | 152 | 129 | 112 | 128 | 521 | |||||||
73 Cut, stab | 12 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 87 | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 501 | 479 | 467 | 483 | 1930 | |||||||
74 Poison | 24 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 93 | |||||||
37 Atelectasis | 31 | 27 | 37 | 33 | 128 | 75 Drowning | 13 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 65 | |
76 Hanging | 28 | 3° | 22 | 9 | 89 | |||||||
38 Congnitl. malformatns | 90 | 84 | 75 | 70 | 319 | |||||||
77 Otherwise | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | |||||||
39 Old Age | 918 | 604 | 502 | 628 | 2652 | |||||||
40 Apoplexy | 647 | 468 | 464 | 554 | 2133 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
41 Epilepsy | 101 | 98 | 82 | 88 | 369 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 678 | 553 | 617 | 542 | 2390 | |||||||
79 Inquest | 179 | 1380 | 1285 | 1448 | 5892 | |||||||
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1319 | 1097 | 1021 | 1025 | 4462 | |||||||
80 Other causes | 835 | 629 | 1041 | 754 | 3259 | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 33 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 138 | |||||||
81 Uncertified deaths | 297 | 209 | 207 | 237 | 950 |