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Whitechapel 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table (M).—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1897.

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Table (M).—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1897.

Causes of Death.	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.	Causes or Death.	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.
All causes	391	334	433	423	1581	45 Diseases of the circulatory system	33	35	22	38	128
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.						46 Croup	1	1	..	..	2
1 Small-Pox Vaccinated	..	..	..	..	..	47 Bronchitis	54	43	25	13	165
1 Small-Pox Un vaccinated	..	..	..	..	..	48 Pneumonia	44	30	34	64	172
1 Small-Pox No statement	..	..	..	..	..	49 Pleurisy	3	3	..	1	7
2 Measles	1	14	14	13	42	50 Other respiratory diseases	10	2	4	6	21
3 Scarlet Fever	3	5	4	2	14
4 Typhus ,,	..	..	..	..	..	51 Dentition	1	2	5	3	11
5 Relapsing Fever	..	..	..	..	..	52 Quinzy, sore throat	..	1	..	..	1
6 Influenza	6	2	1	2	11	53 Enterits	..	..	..	..
7 Whooping cough	1	2	5	8	16	54 Peritonitis	1	..	4		5
8 Diphtheria	9	9	11	4	33	55 Diseases of liver	4	1	6	3	14
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined Fever	..	..	..	..	..	56 Other diseases of digestive system	19	24	68	22	133
10 Enteric Fever	1	..	2	4	7
11 Simple cholera	..	..	..	..	..	57 Diseases of lymphatic) system &ductless glands	..	..	..	..	..
12 Diarrhoea, dysentery	3	3	35	3	44	57 Diseases of lymphatic) system &ductless glands	..	..	..	..	..
13 Remittent Fever	..	..	..	..	..	58 Diseases of urinary system	19	⁸	8	7	42
14 Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	58 Diseases of urinary system	19	⁸	8	7	42
15 Glanders	..	..	..	..	..
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination	..	..	*1	1	2	59 Diseases, generative system	..	..	3	..	3
17 Venereal affections	2	2	..	3	7	60 Accidents of childbirth	..	2	..	3	5
18 Erysipelas	..	..	5	2	7	60 Accidents of childbirth	..	2	..	3	5
19 Pyæmia and Septicemia	1	..	..	..	1
20 Puerperal Fever	..	..	1	..	3	61 Diseases of locomotive system	1	1	1	1	4
21 Other Zymotic diseases..	..	1	..	..	1	61 Diseases of locomotive system	1	1	1	1	4
22 Thrush	..	..	..	..	..	62 Diseases of integumentary system	1	..	4	1	6
23 Worms and other parasitic diseases	..	..	..	..	..	62 Diseases of integumentary system	1	..	4	1	6
24 Starvation, want of breast milk	..	..	..	..	..	VIOLENT DEATHS. (Accident)
25 Alcoholism	1	..	..	2	3	63 Fracture and contusion	5	9	5	6	25
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart	1	..	1	2	4	64 Gun shot wounds	..	..	..	..	..
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart	1	..	1	2	4	65 Cut, stab	..	..	..	..	..
27 Rheumatism	1	1			2	66 Burn and scald	6	..	3	6	15
28 Gout						67 Poison	..	..	..	1	1
29 Rickets	1	1	1		3	68 Drowning	..	..	..	..	..
30 Cancer	3	15	17	ig	54	69 Suffocation	3	3	4	3	13
31 Tabes Mesenterica	2	3	6	1	12	70 Otherwise	..	..	1	1	2
32 Tubercular Meningitis.	8	11	5	3	27
33 Phthisis	52	29	41	54	176	(Homicide)
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis	8	1	3	1	13	(Homicide)
35 Other constitutn'l diseases	23	20	25	17	85	71 Murder and manslaughter	..	..	1	..	1
36 Premature birth	4	7	10	9	30	(Suicide.)
37 Atelectasis	1	..	..	..	1	(Suicide.)
38 Congenital malformations	..	..	..	..	..	72 Gun Shot wounds	..	..	..	..	..
39 Old age	12	13	6	11	42	73 Cut, stab	..	..	..	..	..
						74 Poison	..	..	2	..	3
40 Apoplexy	10	..	4	15	29	75 Drowing	..	..	..	..	1
41 Epilepsy	..	3		2	5	76 Hanging	..	..	1	..	..
42 Convulsions	12	17	11	15	45	77 Otherwise	..	..	..	..	..
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system	17	19	21	21	78	(Execution.)
44 Diseases of organs of special sense	2	1	..	..	3	78 Hanging	..	..	..	..	..
44 Diseases of organs of special sense	2	1	..	..	3	79 Other Causes	1	..	..	..	1

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Whitechapel 1897

Table: Table (M).—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1897.

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