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 1897.
| Cleans of Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Causes or Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4 th Quarter. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 20504 | 17261 | 21562 | 21619 | 80946 | 40 Apoplexy | 621 | 548 | 456 | 587 | 2212 |
| 41 Epilepsy | 86 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 321 | ||||||
| 42 Convulsions | 435 | 368 | 465 | 415 | 1683 | ||||||
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 43 Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1066 | 870 | 938 | 956 | 3830 | |||||
| 1 Small-Pox Vaccinated | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||
| 1 Small-Pox Unvaccinated | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||
| 1 Small-Pox No statement | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | 44 Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | |||||
| 2 Measles | 162 | 298 | 301 | 1164 | 1925 | 52 | 53 | 44 | 58 | 207 | |
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 160 | 151 | 215 | 248 | 780 | ||||||
| 4 Typhus ,, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 45 Diseases of the Circulatorv Svstem | 2019 | 1711 | 1453 | 1784 | 6967 |
| 5 Relapsing Fever.. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 Influenza | 217 | 256 | 56 | 142 | 671 | ||||||
| 7 Whooping cough | 544 | 471 | 373 | 453 | 1841 | 46 Croup | 28 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 72 |
| 7Diphtheria | 641 | 427 | 488 | 705 | 2261 | 47 Bronchitis | 2436 | 1383 | 745 | 2845 | 7409 |
| 9 Simple, Continued & Ill-defined Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 48 Pneumonia | 1436 | 1085 | 713 | 1819 | 5053 |
| 49 Pleurisy | 70 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 272 | ||||||
| 10 Enteric Fever | 124 | 82 | 143 | 235 | 581 | 50 Other respiratory dis's. | 394 | 229 | 195 | 365 | 1183 |
| 11 Simple Cholera | 1 | 4 | 107 | 3 | 115 | ||||||
| 12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 179 | 195 | 3512 | 219 | 4105 | 51 Dentition | 137 | 75 | 116 | 82 | 410 |
| 13 Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 Quinzy, Sore Throat | 30 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 78 |
| 14 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 53 Enteritis | 228 | 200 | 1554 | 227 | 2209 |
| 15 Glanders | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 54 Peritonitis | 74 | 58 | 73 | 58 | 263 |
| 16 Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 55 Diseases of Liver | 324 | 306 | 330 | 319 | 1279 |
| 56 Other Diseases of Digestive Svstem | 358 | 379 | 455 | 407 | 1599 | ||||||
| 17 Venereal Affections | 113 | 100 | 144 | 97 | 454 | ||||||
| 18 Erysipelas . | 45 | 36 | 51 | 52 | 184 | ||||||
| 19 Pyæmia & Septicemia | 28 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 99 | 57 Diseases of Lymphatic system and Ductless glands | 23 | 22 | 31 | 22 | 98 |
| 20 Puerperal Fever | 67 | 44 | 42 | 62 | 215 | ||||||
| 21 Other Zymotic diseases | 26 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 81 | ||||||
| 22 Thrash | 9 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 58 Diseases of Urinary system | 622 | 587 | 591 | 624 | 2424 |
| 23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | 6 | 3 | 8 | .. | 17 | ||||||
| 24 Starvation, Want of Breast-milk | 18 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 62 | 59 Diseases, Generative system | 84 | 68 | 84 | 72 | 308 |
| 25 Alcoholism | 145 | 159 | 168 | 160 | 632 | 60 Accidents of Childbirth | 52 | 53 | 64 | 60 | 229 |
| 26 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart | 100 | 82 | 84 | 102 | 368 | 61 Diseases of Locomotive svstem | 75 | 71 | 48 | 50 | 244 |
| 27 Rheumatism | 26 | 26 | 12 | 31 | 95 | ||||||
| 28 Gout | 40 | 32 | 25 | 37 | 134 | 62 Diseases of Integumentary system | 84 | 60 | 85 | 91 | 320 |
| 29 Rickets | 59 | 54 | 81 | 66 | 260 | ||||||
| 30 Cancer | 973 | 978 | 1002 | 955 | 3908 | ||||||
| 31 Tabes Mesenterica | 199 | 201 | 394 | 195 | 989 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||
| 32 Tubercular Meningitis | 328 | 331 | 311 | 239 | 1209 | ||||||
| 33 Phthisis | 2085 | 1848 | 18J2 | 2086 | 7861 | 63 Accidents | 748 | 750 | 708 | 753 | 2959 |
| 34 Scrof00ula, Tuberculosis | 253 | 199 | 256 | 216 | 924 | 64 Other than Accidental | 122 | 150 | 140 | 98 | 510 |
| 35 Other constitut'nl dis's | 175 | 208 | 176 | 177 | 736 | ||||||
| 36 Premature Birth | 674 | 640 | 703 | 661 | 2678 | 65 Other Causes | 599 | 479 | 839 | 584 | 2501 |
| 37 Atelectasis | 66 | 43 | 57 | 68 | 234 | 66 Inquests | 2024 | 1815 | 1723 | 1951 | 7513 |
| 38 Congntl. Malformatns | 110 | 85 | 103 | 106 | 404 | 67 Uncertified Causes of Deaths | 130 | 78 | 126 | 142 | 476 |
| 39 Old Age | 705 | 559 | 526 | 662 | 2412 | ||||||