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 M.—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1890.
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 | 543 | 407 | 465 | 451 | 1866 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 32 | 28 | 24 | 38 | 122 | |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46 Croup | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
Unvaccin't'd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 Bronchitis | 119 | 53 | 22 | 78 | 272 | |
Nostatement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 59 | 33 | 31 | 40 | 163 | |
2 Measles | 7 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 59 | 49 Pleurisy | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
3 Scarlet Fever | 3 | ... | 8 | 6 | 17 | 50 Other respiratory dis'es | 15 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 35 | |
4 Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 Dentition | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 23 | |
6 Influenza | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 | |
7 Whooping cough | 18 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
8 Diphtheria | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 54 Peritonitis | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | |
10 Enteric fever | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | Other diseases of diges tive system | 12 | 16 | 35 | 15 | 78 | |
11 Simple cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 3 | 6 | 45 | 5 | 59 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic syst'm& ductless glands | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58 Diseases of urinary sys'm | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 66 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
59 Diseases, generative system | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | |||||||
17 Venereal affections | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
19 Pyaemia and Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 Accidents at childbirth | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
20 Puerperal fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
22 Thrush | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 7 | |
24 Starvation, want of breast milk | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | VIOLENT DEATHS. Accident. | ||||||
25 Alcoholism | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
64 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 65 Cut, stab | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
66 Burn and scald | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 67 Poison | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
28 Gout | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 68 Drowning | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
29 Rickets | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 69 Suffocation | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | |
30 Cancer | 13 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 70 Otherwise | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | Homicide. | ||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 60 | 39 | 46 | 44 | 189 | 71 Murder & manslaughter | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | |||||||
35 Other constitute diseas's | 27 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 99 | Suicide. | ||||||
72 Gun-shot wounds | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 73 Cut, stab | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
37 Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74 Poison | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
38 Congenital malformatns | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75 Drowning | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
39 Old age | 31 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 76 Hanging | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | |
77 Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
40 Apoplexy | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | Execution. | ||||||
41 Epilepsy | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 17 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 61 | 78 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 29 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 104 | |||||||
79 Other causes | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |