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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T able N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1891.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4 th Quar. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Totel. | |
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All Causes | 25985 | 25468 | I8446 | 19440 | 89339 | 40 Apoplexy | 649 | 649 | 485 | 508 | 2291 | |
41 Epilepsy | 98 | 119 | 106 | 111 | 434 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 643 | 621 | 559 | 551 | 2374 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1457 | 1271 | 999 | 933 | 4660 | ||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ||||||
Unvaccinated | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 25 | 25 | 30 | 52 | 132 | |
No statement | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | |||||||
2 Measles | 493 | 492 | 259 | 495 | 1739 | |||||||
3 Scarlet fever | 178 | 119 | 129 | 168 | 594 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 2217 | 2129 | 147 | 1548 | 7241 | |
4 Typhus | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
6 Influenza | 25 | 1960 | 213 | 102 | 2300 | 46 Croup | 140 | 101 | 62 | 108 | 411 | |
7 Whooping Cough | 682 | 779 | 591 | 687 | 2739 | 47 Bronchitis | 5440 | 3611 | 1158 | 2619 | 12828 | |
8 Diphtheria | 355 | 318 | 316 | 361 | 1350 | 48 Pneumonia | 2407 | 2370 | 795 | 1274 | 684! | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | 6 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 49 Pleurisy | 136 | 111 | 63 | 61 | 37' | |
50 Other respiratory dis's | 695 | 429 | 200 | 300 | 1612 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 104 | 124 | 111 | 211 | 550 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | 1 | 5 | 61 | 6 | 73 | 51 Dentition | 160 | 157 | 100 | 96 | 523 | |
12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 182 | 191 | 1645 | 414 | 2432 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 24 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 92 | |
13 Remittent fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 53 Enteritis | 121 | 115 | 368 | 155 | 759 | |
14 Hydrophobia | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 54 Peritonitis | 93 | 98 | 100 | 81 | 372 | |
15 Glanders | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 55 Diseases of liver | 305 | 339 | 354 | 302 | 1300 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 403 | 383 | 401 | 343 | 1539 | |
17 Venereal affections | 115 | 119 | 122 | 113 | 469 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 81 | 46 | 37 | 53 | 217 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 18 | 108 | ||
19 Pyaemia & Septicaemia | 29 | 20 | 20 | 35 | 104 | |||||||
20 Puerperal fever | 79 | 41 | 45 | 51 | 216 | |||||||
21 Other zymotic diseases | 25 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 73 | |||||||
22 Thrush | 7 | 11 | 25 | l6 | 59 | 58 Disea's urinary system | 633 | 615 | 523 | 539 | 2310 | |
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | ' | ||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 15 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 76 | 59 Diseases of generative system | 80 | 77 | 56 | 66 | 279 | |
25 Alcoholism | 113 | 149 | 115 | 10 5 | 482 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 145 | 8q | 62 | 99 | 395 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 95 | 76 | 63 | 57 | 291 | |
27 Rheumatism | 31 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 113 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 106 | 88 | 63 | 74 | 331 | |
28 Gout | 45 | 45 | 34 | 40 | 164 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 58 | 81 | 68 | 58 | 26s | __ | ||||||
30 Cancer | 798 | 836 | 804 | 846 | 3284 | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 91 | 80 | 71 | 82 | 324 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 245 | 323 | 435 | 291 | 1294 | |||||||
32 Tubercular meningitis | 303 | 351 | 277 | 252 | 1183 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 2289 | 2300 | 1833 | 1987 | 8409 | |||||||
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 224 | 275 | 310 | 228 | IO37 | |||||||
35 Other constitutnl. dis's | 182 | 182 | 137 | 142 | 643 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
36 Premature birth | 598 | 611 | 583 | 576 | 2368 | 63 Accidents | 733 | 681 | 620 | 660 | 2694 | |
37 Atelectasis | 28 | 40 | 27 | 39 | 134 | 64 Other than accidental. | 123 | 134 | 126 | 114 | 497 | |
38 Congnitl. malformatns | 115 | 114 | 86 | 85 | 400 | |||||||
39 Old Age | 825 | 770 | 453 | 530 | 2578 | 65 Other causes | 693 | 636 | 864 | 688 | 2881 |