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Whitechapel 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table L.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR FOUR QUARTERS ENDED DECEMBER 28th, 1895.

Causes of Death.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
All Causes284551833820389197578693940Apoplexy6224454665192052
41Epilepsy113809582370
41Convulsions5544705444852053
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.43Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System13559609768734164
1Small-PoxVaccinated..213116
Unvaccinated719926
44Diseases of Organs of Special Sense36423852168
No statement3..9113
2Measles30056375310152631
3Scarlet Fever141166253269829
4Typhus..112445Diseases of the Circulatory System24141506136416216905
5Relapsing Fever..........
6Influenza1682298511252156
7Whooping cough511448261263148346Croup43342344144
8Diphtheria426446602842231617Bronchitis6104170186419651063
9Simple, Continued & Ill-defined Fever32321048Pneumonia2451133990612925988
49Pleurisy86634982280
10Enteric Fever1317815525061450Other respiratory dis's.6462951933021436
11Simple Cholera3661474
12Diarrhoea, Dysentery1683162655464360351Dentition1531039080426
13Remittent Fever....1..152Quinzy, Sore Throat1524153185
14Hydrophobia..........53Enteritis1751838742541486
15Glanders..........54Peritonitis71767776300
16Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination23872055Diseases of Liver2922783003001170
56Other Diseases of Digestive System4553654353771632
17Venereal Affections133126133108500
18Erysipelas37383965179
57Diseases of Lymphatic. system and Duct- less glands30262824108
19Pyaemia & Septiæmia27242031102
20Puerperal Fever44525062208
21Other Zymotic diseases2115152879
22Thrush31014134058Diseases of Urinary) system6804874915722230
23Worms and other Parasitic diseases283720
59Diseases, Generative system60836877288
24Starvation, Want of Breast-milk2814282595
60Accidents of Childbirth56446250212
25Alcoholism104114120111449
26Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart .75617080286
61Diseases of Locomotive system89565059254
27Rheumatism2514212080
62Diseases of Integumentary system74696694303
28Gout54532933169
29Rickets809110167339
30Cancer8929029388803612
VIOLENT DEATHS.
31Tabes Mesenterica2292554832861253
32Tubercular Meningitis3123203412701243
33Phthisis23862010169418857975
34Scrofula, Tuberculosis262281261241104563Accidents8156406717232849
35Other constitut'nl dis's20515615210467764Other than Accidental125145157130557
36Premature Birth682634595603251465Other Causes8776009257173119
37Atelectasis6050524720966Inquests23061004166218387410
38Congntl. Malformatns.111921018138867Uncertified Causes of Death222140128133623
39Old Age9125744675152168