London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Whitechapel 1895

[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.
All Causes2161120512871309596240Apoplexy11....2
41Epilepsy5..8619
42Convulsions1......1
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.43Other diseases of brain and nervous system61616347232
1Small-PoxVaccinated....1..1
Unvaccinated..........44Diseases of organs of special sense1715161967
No statement....15....15
2Measles8312336545Diseases of circulatory system46272121115
3Scarlet-Fever....10717
4Typhus „..........46Croup1..135
5Relapsing Fever..........
6Influenza1521822820047Bronchitis41912393147782
7Whooping-Cough34121048Pneumonia838524
8Diphtheria......3349Pleurisy1565834
9Simple, Continued and ill-defined Fever..........50 .Other respiratory diseases29011491160655
10Enteric Fever1......151Dentition..13..4
11Simple Cholera..........52Quinzy, sore throat3213222087
12Diarrhoea, Dysentery12..65..9353Enteritis..........
13Remittent Fever..........54Peritonitis1....12
14Hydrophobia..........55Diseases of liver422412
15Glanders..........56Other diseases of digestive system82609670308
16Cow Pox and effects of Vaccination..........
17Venereal affections18..4..5757Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands434314
18Erysipelas3..11910
19Pyæmia and Septicemia..........
20Puerperal Fever..........58Diseases of urinary system40223230124
21Other Zymotic Diseases1652*14
22Thrush..........59Diseases of generative system86628974311
23Worms and other Parasitic Diseases......22
60Accidents of childbirth......11
24Starvation, want of breast-milk14561035
61Diseases of locomotive system205166145146661
25Alcoholism1148730
26Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart..........62Diseases of integumentary system113888970360
27Rheumatism14499101143487
28Gout843318ACCIDENTS.
29Rickets..........
30Cancer223..763Fracture and contusion35283151145
31Tabes Mesenterica6..118
32Tubercular Meningitis....1..164Gun shot wounds..........
33Phthisis2736222310865Cut, stab15..28
34Scrofula, Tuberculosis....23566Burn and scald533314
35Other constitutnl. diseases634..1367Poison111710
36Premature birth..........68Drowning..........
69Suffocation..........
37Atelectasis..........70Otherwise..........
38Congenital malformation..........
39Old age24411171Other causes280151182141754
* Mostly Chicken-Pox,