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 N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1890.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4 th Quar. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total | |
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All Causes | 25990 | 19048 | 19965 | 22735 | 87738 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 2196 | 1623 | 1477 | 1930 | 7220 | |
46 Croup | 160 | 90 | 81 | I48 | 479 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
47 Bronchitis | 4948 | 1974 | 1325 | 3551 | 11798 | |||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 48 Pneumonia | 1977 | 1358 | 978 | 1648 | 5961 |
Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49 Pleurisy | 81 | 77 | 64 | 92 | 314 | |
No statement | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 50 Other respiratory dis's | 623 | 276 | 228 | 481 | 1608 | |
2 Measles | 338 | 982 | 937 | 948 | 3205 | |||||||
3 Scarlet fever | 185 | 167 | 227 | 277 | 856 | 51 Dentition | 207 | 169 | 116 | 122 | 614 | |
4 Typhus | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 30 | 32 | 22 | 34 | 118 | |
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 Enteritis | 111 | 113 | 350 | 161 | 735 | |
6 Influenza | 558 | 47 | 16 | 26 | 647 | 54 Peritonitis | 79 | 84 | 104 | 89 | 356 | |
7 Whooping Cough | 1227 | 1051 | 588 | 368 | 3234 | 55 Diseases of liver | 350 | 334 | 346 | 322 | 1352 | |
8 Diphtheria | 337 | 278 | 308 | 469 | 1392 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 349 | 372 | 388 | 385 | 1494 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 106 | 79 | 164 | 252 | 601 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands. | 25 | 33 | 26 | 45 | 129 | |
11 Simple cholera | ... | 6 | 69 | 8 | 83 | |||||||
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 144 | 211 | 1885 | 488 | 2728 | |||||||
13 Remittent fever | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 58 Disea's urinary system | 582 | 515 | 478 | 562 | 2132 | |
15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 59 Diseases of generative system | 81 | 77 | 86 | 71 | 313 | |
17 Venereal affections | 137 | 118 | 157 | 117 | 529 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 42 | 54 | 53 | 48 | 192 | |
18 Erysipelas | 60 | 62 | 35 | 84 | 241 | |||||||
19 Pyaemia & Septicæmia | 29 | 29 | 25 | 50 | 133 | |||||||
20 Puerperal fever | 54 | 61 | 49 | 70 | 234 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 103 | 102 | 92 | 84 | 381 | |
21 Other zymotic diseases | 24 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 62 | |||||||
22 Thrush | 15 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 76 | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 76 | 57 | 80 | 69 | 282 | |
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 17 | |||||||
VIOLENT DEATHS. Accident. | ||||||||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 17 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 72 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 147 | 97 | 104 | 116 | 464 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 276 | 249 | 272 | 269 | 1066 | |
64 Gun shot wounds | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6??? | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 105 | 83 | 87 | 154 | 429 | 65 Cut, stab | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11??? | |
66 Burn and scald | 110 | 48 | 49 | 118 | 325 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 40 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 109 | 67 Poison | 18 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 60??? | |
28 Gout | 39 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 164 | 68 Drowning | 51 | 74 | 112 | 56 | 293 | |
29 Rickets | 71 | 76 | 75 | 56 | 278 | 69 Suffocation | 223 | 153 | 121 | 174 | 671 | |
30 Cancer | 800 | 668 | 863 | 835 | 3166 | 70 Otherwise | 30 | 30 | 37 | 38 | 135 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 252 | 256 | 516 | 34S | 1372 | Homicide. | ||||||
32 Tubercular meningitis | 292 | 339 | 330 | 258 | 1219 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 2844 | 1909 | 1757 | 2204 | 8714 | 71 Murder & mansl'ghter | 26 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 73 | |
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 228 | 208 | 242 | 251 | 929 | Suicide. | ||||||
35 Other constitutnl. dis's | 186 | 116 | 116 | 160 | 578 | |||||||
72 Gun shot wounds | 3 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 45 | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 581 | 521 | 515 | 568 | 2185 | 73 Cut, stab | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 54 | |
37 Atelectasis | 23 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 111 | 74 Poison | 14 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 75 | |
38 Congnitl. malformatns. | 81 | 78 | 79 | 99 | 337 | 75 Drowning | 11 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 52 | |
39 Old Age | 804 | 582 | 507 | 680 | 2573 | 76 Hanging | 32 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 80 | |
77 Otherwise | 15 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 41 | |||||||
40 Apoplexy | 624 | 520 | 493 | 591 | 2228 | Execution. | ||||||
41 Epilepsy | 88 | 78 | 79 | 96 | 341 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 666 | 523 | 592 | 527 | 2308 | 78 Hanging | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4??? | |
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1278 | 1074 | 1044 | 1094 | 4490 | |||||||
79 Other causes | 713 | 612 | 888 | 727 | 2940 | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 35 | 34 | 30 | 44 | 143 |