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 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. | |||
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All Causes | 28455 | 18338 | 20389 | 19757 | 86939 | 40 | Apoplexy | 622 | 445 | 466 | 519 | 2052 | ||
41 | Epilepsy | 113 | 80 | 95 | 82 | 370 | ||||||||
41 | Convulsions | 554 | 470 | 544 | 485 | 2053 | ||||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 | Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1355 | 960 | 976 | 873 | 4164 | |||||||
1 | Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | 2 | 13 | 1 | 16 | |||||||
Unvaccinated | 7 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |||||||||
44 | Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 36 | 42 | 38 | 52 | 168 | ||||||||
No statement | 3 | .. | 9 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
2 | Measles | 300 | 563 | 753 | 1015 | 2631 | ||||||||
3 | Scarlet Fever | 141 | 166 | 253 | 269 | 829 | ||||||||
4 | Typhus | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 45 | Diseases of the Circulatory System | 2414 | 1506 | 1364 | 1621 | 6905 | |
5 | Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
6 | Influenza | 1682 | 298 | 51 | 125 | 2156 | ||||||||
7 | Whooping cough | 511 | 448 | 261 | 263 | 1483 | 46 | Croup | 43 | 34 | 23 | 44 | 144 | |
8 | Diphtheria | 426 | 446 | 602 | 842 | 2316 | 17 | Bronchitis | 6104 | 1701 | 864 | 1965 | 1063 | |
9 | Simple, Continued & Ill-defined Fever | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 48 | Pneumonia | 2451 | 1339 | 906 | 1292 | 5988 | |
49 | Pleurisy | 86 | 63 | 49 | 82 | 280 | ||||||||
10 | Enteric Fever | 131 | 78 | 155 | 250 | 614 | 50 | Other respiratory dis's. | 646 | 295 | 193 | 302 | 1436 | |
11 | Simple Cholera | 3 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 74 | ||||||||
12 | Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 168 | 316 | 2655 | 464 | 3603 | 51 | Dentition | 153 | 103 | 90 | 80 | 426 | |
13 | Remittent Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 52 | Quinzy, Sore Throat | 15 | 24 | 15 | 31 | 85 | |
14 | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 | Enteritis | 175 | 183 | 874 | 254 | 1486 | |
15 | Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | Peritonitis | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 300 | |
16 | Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 55 | Diseases of Liver | 292 | 278 | 300 | 300 | 1170 | |
56 | Other Diseases of Digestive System | 455 | 365 | 435 | 377 | 1632 | ||||||||
17 | Venereal Affections | 133 | 126 | 133 | 108 | 500 | ||||||||
18 | Erysipelas | 37 | 38 | 39 | 65 | 179 | ||||||||
57 | Diseases of Lymphatic. system and Duct- less glands | 30 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 108 | ||||||||
19 | Pyaemia & Septiæmia | 27 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 102 | ||||||||
20 | Puerperal Fever | 44 | 52 | 50 | 62 | 208 | ||||||||
21 | Other Zymotic diseases | 21 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 79 | ||||||||
22 | Thrush | 3 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 58 | Diseases of Urinary) system | 680 | 487 | 491 | 572 | 2230 | |
23 | Worms and other Parasitic diseases | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||
59 | Diseases, Generative system | 60 | 83 | 68 | 77 | 288 | ||||||||
24 | Starvation, Want of Breast-milk | 28 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 95 | ||||||||
60 | Accidents of Childbirth | 56 | 44 | 62 | 50 | 212 | ||||||||
25 | Alcoholism | 104 | 114 | 120 | 111 | 449 | ||||||||
26 | Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart . | 75 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 286 | ||||||||
61 | Diseases of Locomotive system | 89 | 56 | 50 | 59 | 254 | ||||||||
27 | Rheumatism | 25 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 80 | ||||||||
62 | Diseases of Integumentary system | 74 | 69 | 66 | 94 | 303 | ||||||||
28 | Gout | 54 | 53 | 29 | 33 | 169 | ||||||||
29 | Rickets | 80 | 91 | 101 | 67 | 339 | ||||||||
30 | Cancer | 892 | 902 | 938 | 880 | 3612 | ||||||||
VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
31 | Tabes Mesenterica | 229 | 255 | 483 | 286 | 1253 | ||||||||
32 | Tubercular Meningitis | 312 | 320 | 341 | 270 | 1243 | ||||||||
33 | Phthisis | 2386 | 2010 | 1694 | 1885 | 7975 | ||||||||
34 | Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 262 | 281 | 261 | 241 | 1045 | 63 | Accidents | 815 | 640 | 671 | 723 | 2849 | |
35 | Other constitut'nl dis's | 205 | 156 | 152 | 104 | 677 | 64 | Other than Accidental | 125 | 145 | 157 | 130 | 557 | |
36 | Premature Birth | 682 | 634 | 595 | 603 | 2514 | 65 | Other Causes | 877 | 600 | 925 | 717 | 3119 | |
37 | Atelectasis | 60 | 50 | 52 | 47 | 209 | 66 | Inquests | 2306 | 1004 | 1662 | 1838 | 7410 | |
38 | Congntl. Malformatns. | 111 | 92 | 101 | 81 | 388 | 67 | Uncertified Causes of Death | 222 | 140 | 128 | 133 | 623 | |
39 | Old Age | 912 | 574 | 467 | 515 | 2168 |