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Whitechapel 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table (H).—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1897.

Diseases.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Diseases.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
All Causes1543113011451455527340 Apoplexy..........
41 Epilepsy657624
42 Convulsions2......2
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system57624061220
1 Small-Pox Vaccinated..........
1 Small-Pox Unvaccinated..........44 Diseases of organs of special sense1218172370
1 Small-Pox No statement..........
2 Measles82424268245 Diseases of circulatory system31403935145
3 Scarlet-Fever..1236
4 Typhus „..........
5 Relapsing Fever..........46 Croup1......1
6 Influenza4723142210647 Bronchitis1679266162487
7 Whooping-Cough..122548 Pneumonia4..2511
8 Diphtheria....12349 Pleurisy10113832
9Simple, Continued and ill-defined Fever..........50 Other respiratory diseases305172138212827
10 Enteric Fever......1151 Dentition1..258
11 Simple Cholera..........52 Quinzy, sore throat617151452
12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery1510711711353 Enteritis..........
13 Remittent Fever..........54 Peritonitis....112
14 Hydrophobia..........55 Diseases of liver125513
15 Glanders..........56 Other diseases of digestive system89677896330
16 Cow Pox and effects of Vaccination..........
17 Venereal affections231820339457 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands432514
18 Erysipelas3..13218
19 Pyæmia and Septicemia..........
20 Puerperal Fever..........
11 Other Zymotic Diseases..311558 Diseases of urinary system36253530126
22 Thrush..........59 Diseases of generative system59584266225
23 Worms and other Parasitic Diseases..1226
60 Accidents of childbirth....112
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk20710542
61 Diseases of locomotive system154162190177683
25 Alcoholism7149535
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart....1..162 Diseases of integumentary system75384767227
27 Rheumatism17910683116484
28 Gout161..8ACCIDENTS.
29 Rickets..........
30 Cancer..1124
31 Tabes Mesenterica......1163 Fracture and contusion..71414471227
Tubercular Meningitis..........
33 Phthisis14810154765 Cut, stab..........
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis....l3466 Burn and scald312612
35 Other constitutnl.diseases36331567 Poison213..6
68 Drowning..........
36 Premature birth69 Suffocation..........
" Atelectasis .70 Otherwise..........
38 Congenitalmalformations
39 Old age43221171 Other causes1238395136487