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 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. | |
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All Causes | 31577 | 20421 | 18292 | 20859 | 91149 | 40 Apoplexy | 671 | 536 | 489 | 589 | 2285 | |
41 Epilepsy | 125 | 106 | 88 | 88 | 407 | |||||||
ZMOTIC DISEASES. | 42 Convulsions | 669 | 459 | 563 | 513 | 2204 | ||||||
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 1346 | 1081 | 890 | 1039 | 4356 | |||||||
1 Small Pox | Vaccinated | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
Unvaccinated | ... | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 35 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 146 | |
No statement | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||
2 Measles | 899 | 1598 | 656 | 394 | 3547 | |||||||
3 Scarlet fever | 156 | 257 | 354 | 421 | 1118 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 2382 | 1672 | 1386 | 1938 | 7378 | |
4 Typhus „ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
5 Relapsing fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
6 Influenza | 2101 | 99 | 31 | 70 | 2301 | 46 Croup | 126 | 50 | 41 | 65 | 282 | |
7 Whooping Cough | 1573 | 681 | 227 | 176 | 2657 | 47 Bronchitis | 6909 | 1777 | 878 | 2546 | 12110 | |
8 Diphtheria | 350 | 414 | 475 | 683 | 1922 | 48 Pneumonia | 2533 | 1664 | 810 | 1413 | 6420 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever. | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 49 Pleurisy | 80 | 101 | 52 | 81 | 314 | |
50 Other respiratory dis's | 712 | 293 | 192 | 373 | 1570 | |||||||
10 Enteric fever | 78 | 82 | 109 | 178 | 447 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | 4 | 11 | 65 | 7 | 87 | 51 Dentition | 154 | 130 | 109 | 97 | 490 | |
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 223 | 280 | 1744 | 324 | 2571 | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 23 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 99 | |
13 Remittent fever | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 53 Enteritis | 150 | 134 | 349 | 153 | 786 | |
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54 Peritonitis | 75 | 81 | 90 | 85 | 331 | |
15 Glanders | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 55 Diseases of liver | 313 | 305 | 330 | 317 | 1265 | |
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 409 | 351 | 394 | 398 | 1552 | |
17 Venereal affections | 108 | 119 | 139 | 148 | 514 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 57 | 54 | 74 | 112 | 297 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 29 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 96 | |
19 Pyæmia & Septicaemia | 22 | 19 | 34 | 38 | 113 | |||||||
20 Puerperal fever | 60 | 50 | 92 | 120 | 322 | |||||||
21 Other zymotic diseases | 23 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 89 | 58 Disea's urinary system | 622 | 539 | 467 | 599 | 2227 | |
22 Thrush | 26 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 75 | |||||||
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 59 Diseases of generative system | 51 | 57 | 56 | 93 | 257 | |
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 37 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 118 | |||||||
60 Accidents of childbirth | 77 | 71 | 68 | 92 | 308 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 123 | 111 | 119 | 144 | 497 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic fever and reumatism of heart | 86 | 89 | 81 | 159 | 415 | |||||||
61 Diseases of locomotive system | 94 | 87 | 78 | 81 | 340 | |||||||
27 Rhematism | 30 | 37 | 22 | 33 | 122 | |||||||
28 Gout | 51 | 39 | 28 | 41 | 159 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 86 | 97 | 54 | 56 | 293 | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 76 | 80 | 81 | 107 | 344 | |
30 Cancer | 794 | 783 | 791 | 864 | 3232 | |||||||
31 Tabes mesenterica | 323 | 275 | 431 | 292 | 1321 | |||||||
32 Tubercular meningitis | 288 | 354 | 323 | 293 | 1258 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 2482 | 2003 | 1708 | 2101 | 8294 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
34 Scrofula tuberculosis | 272 | 258 | 275 | 224 | 1029 | |||||||
35 other constitutnl. dis's | 165 | 148 | 148 | 185 | 646 | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 674 | 577 | 551 | 637 | 2439 | 63 Accidents | 794 | 718 | 606 | 707 | 2825 | |
37 Atelectasis | 44 | 38 | 39 | 45 | 166 | 64 Other than accidental. | 159 | 132 | 124 | 532 | ||
38 Congnitl malformatns | 102 | 91 | 78 | 112 | 383 | 65 Other causes | 826 | 66l | 848 | 801 | 3136 | |
39 Old age | 919 | 577 | 453 | 523 | 2472 |