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 (H).—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1805.
Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||
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All Causes | 2161 | 1205 | 1287 | 1309 | 5962 | 40 | Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
41 | Epilepsy | 5 | .. | 8 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||
42 | Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 | Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 61 | 61 | 63 | 47 | 232 | |||||||
1 | Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | Diseases of organs of special sense | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 67 | ||
No statement | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 15 | ||||||||
2 | Measles | 8 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 65 | 45 | Diseases of circulatory system | 46 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 115 | |
3 | Scarlet-Fever | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 17 | ||||||||
4 | Typhus „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
5 | Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
6 | Influenza | 152 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 200 | 47 | Bronchitis | 419 | 123 | 93 | 147 | 782 | |
7 | Whooping-Cough | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 48 | Pneumonia | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |
8 | Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 49 | Pleurisy | 15 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 34 | |
9 | Simple, Continued and ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 . | Other respiratory diseases | 290 | 114 | 91 | 160 | 655 | |
10 | Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 51 | Dentition | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | |
11 | Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 | Quinzy, sore throat | 32 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 87 | |
12 | Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 12 | .. | 65 | .. | 93 | 53 | Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
13 | Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
14 | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 | Diseases of liver | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
15 | Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 | Other diseases of digestive system | 82 | 60 | 96 | 70 | 308 | |
16 | Cow Pox and effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
17 | Venereal affections | 18 | .. | 4 | .. | 57 | 57 | Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
18 | Erysipelas | 3 | .. | 1 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||
19 | Pyæmia and Septicemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
20 | Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | Diseases of urinary system | 40 | 22 | 32 | 30 | 124 | |
21 | Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | *14 | ||||||||
22 | Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | Diseases of generative system | 86 | 62 | 89 | 74 | 311 | |
23 | Worms and other Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
60 | Accidents of childbirth | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
24 | Starvation, want of breast-milk | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 35 | ||||||||
61 | Diseases of locomotive system | 205 | 166 | 145 | 146 | 661 | ||||||||
25 | Alcoholism | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||||||||
26 | Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | Diseases of integumentary system | 113 | 88 | 89 | 70 | 360 | |
27 | Rheumatism | 144 | 99 | 101 | 143 | 487 | ||||||||
28 | Gout | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ACCIDENTS. | |||||||
29 | Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
30 | Cancer | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 | 63 | Fracture and contusion | 35 | 28 | 31 | 51 | 145 | |
31 | Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
32 | Tubercular Meningitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 64 | Gun shot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
33 | Phthisis | 27 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 108 | 65 | Cut, stab | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 8 | |
34 | Scrofula, Tuberculosis | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 66 | Burn and scald | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
35 | Other constitutnl. diseases | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | 13 | 67 | Poison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
36 | Premature birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
69 | Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
37 | Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
38 | Congenital malformation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
39 | Old age | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 71 | Other causes | 280 | 151 | 182 | 141 | 754 | |
* Mostly Chicken-Pox, |