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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T able (M).—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 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 | 508 | 379 | 478 | 439 | 1804 | 45 Diseases of the circulatory system | 56 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 150 | |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
46 Croup | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |||||||
1 Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 47 Bronchitis | 125 | 36 | 22 | 53 | 236 |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 48 Pneumonia | 49 | 36 | 35 | 48 | 168 | |
No statement | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 49 Pleurisy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
2 Measles | 4 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 71 | 50 Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 33 | |
3 Scarlet Fever | .. | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||||||
4 Typhus „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 Dentition | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 Quinzy, sore throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6 Influenza | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 53 Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
7 Whooping cough | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 54 Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
8 Diphtheria | 5 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 52 | 55 Diseases of liver | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 16 | 18 | 61 | 18 | 113 | |
10 Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57 Diseases of system & ductless glands | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 1 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 54 | |||||||
13 Remittent Fever | ||||||||||||
14 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 Diseases of urinary system | 17 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 68 | |
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 Diseases, generative system | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
17 Venereal affections | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 6 | |||||||
60 Accidents of childbirth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
19 Pyemia and Septicaemia | l | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
61 Diseases of locomotive system | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases. , | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
22 Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | VIOLENT DEATHS. (Accident.) | ||||||
25 Alcoholism | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 63 Fracture and contusion | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
64 Gun shot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | l | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 65 Cut, stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
28 Gout | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 66 Burn and scald | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
29 Rickets | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 67 Poison | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
30 Cancer | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 68 Drowning | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 69 Suffocation | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 70 Otherwise | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
33 Phthisis | 51 | 46 | 43 | 54 | 194 | |||||||
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | (Homicide.) | ||||||
35 Other constitutn'l diseases | 26 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 103 | |||||||
71 Murder and manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 29 | |||||||
37 Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | (Suicide.) | ||||||
38 Congenital malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
39 Old age | 19 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 72 Gun shot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
40 Apoplexy | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 88 | 73 Cut, stab | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
74 Poison | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
41 Epilepsy . . | 3 | 5 | .. | 2 | 10 | 75 Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
42 Convulsions | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 76 Hanging | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 28 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 81 | 77 Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | (Execution.) 78 Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |