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]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE M.—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1892.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4th Quar. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | 543 | 455 | 429 | 451 | 1878 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 45 | 27 | 33 | 44 | 149 | |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46 Croup | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
Unvaccin't'd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 Bronchitis | 87 | 36 | 18 | 51 | 192 | |
Nostatement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 Pneumonia | 44 | 55 | 26 | 41 | 166 | |
2 Measles | 4 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 49 Pleurisy | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
3 Scarlet Fever | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 50 Other respiratory dis'es | 18 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 49 | |
4 Typhus | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 Dentition | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
6 Influenza | 55 | 6 | ... | ... | 61 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
7 Whooping cough | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 53 Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
8 Diphtheria | 16 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 57 | 54 Peritonitis | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 Diseases of liver | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |
56 Other diseases of digestive system | 16 | 13 | 37 | 23 | 89 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | ... | 1 | 1 | I | 3 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
12 Diarrhoea, dysentery | 2 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 38 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic syst'm& ductless glands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
15 Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58 Diseases of urinary sys'm | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 45 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
59 Diseases, generative system | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |||||||
17 Venereal affeftions | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |
19 Pyaemia and Septicaemia | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
20 Puerperal fever | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 1 | 5 | 3 | ... | 9 | |
22 Thrush | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
62 Diseases of integumentary system | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast milk | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | VIOLENT DEATHS. A ccident. | ||||||
25 Alcoholism | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |
64 Gun-shot wounds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 65 Cut, stab | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
66 Burn and scald | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 67 Poison | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
28 Gout | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 68 Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
29 Rickets | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 69 Suffocation | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 | |
30 Cancer | 6 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 70 Otherwise | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 41 | 43 | 31 | 45 | 160 | 71 Murder & manslaughter | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |||||||
35 Other constitut'l diseas's | 35 | 29 | 44 | 25 | 133 | |||||||
72 Gun-shot wounds | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 36 | |||||||
73 Cut, stab | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
37 Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 74 Poison | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
38 Congenital malformatns. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75 Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
39 Old age | 21 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 76 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
77 Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
40 Apoplexy | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | |||||||
41 Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
42 Convulsions | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 78 Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 40 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 99 | |||||||
79 Inquest | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
80 Other causes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 |