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 DEC 31 ST , 1898.
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 | 24427 | 18444 | 21762 | 193061 | 33939 | 38 Congenit'l Malformations | 134 | 94 | 101 | 86 | 415 | |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 39 Old Age | 786 | 555 | 546 | 643 | 2530 | ||||||
40 Apoplexy | 587 | 498 | 420 | 587 | 2092 | |||||||
41 Epilepsy | 82 | 88 | 97 | 81 | 348 | |||||||
1 Small-Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42 Convulsions | 449 | 380 | 452 | 358 | 1639 |
Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 Other Diseases of Brain & Nervous System | 1166 | 937 | 990 | 964 | 4057 | |
No statement | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
2 Measles | 1493 | 1077 | 236 | 265 | 3071 | |||||||
3 Scarlet Fever | 182 | 154 | 108 | 139 | 583 | |||||||
4 Typhus „ | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 44 Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 67 | 35 | 49 | 55 | 206 | |
5 Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
6 Influenza | 857 | 212 | 63 | 151 | 1283 | |||||||
7 Whooping cough | 817 | 673 | 431 | 240 | 2161 | 45 Diseases of the Circulatory System | 1941 | 1587 | 1507 | 1779 | 6814 | |
8 Diphtheria | 534 | 366 | 360 | 511 | 1771 | |||||||
9 Simple, Continued, & Ill-defined Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 46 Croup | 23 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 58 | |
10 Enteric Fever | 103 | 72 | 119 | 291 | 585 | 47 Bronchitis | 3566 | 1474 | 883 | 1858 | 7781 | |
11 Simple Cholera | ... | ... | 126 | 4 | 130 | 18 Pneumonia | 1914 | 1229 | 954 | 1346 | 5443 | |
12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 131 | 184 | 3590 | 473 | 4378 | 49 Pleurisy | 71 | 84 | 41 | 85 | 281 | |
13 Remittent Fever | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 50 Other respiratory dis's | 443 | 243 | 197 | 266 | 114'J | |
14 Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
15 Glanders | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 51 Dentition | 107 | 105 | 84 | 64 | 361 | |
16 Cow-pox and Effects of Vaccination | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 8 | 52 Quinzy, SoreThroat | 20 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5( | |
53 Enteritis | 191 | 231 | 1582 | 484 | 2486 | |||||||
17 Venereal Affections | 131 | 90 | 116 | 85 | 422 | 54 Peritonitis | 67 | 75 | 65 | 72 | 275 | |
18 Erysipelas | 43 | 40 | 30 | 52 | 165 | 55 Diseases of Liver | 301 | 280 | 323 | 344 | 124fr | |
19 Pyæmia & Septicæmia | 20 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 67 | 56 Other Diseases of Digestive System | 391 | 382 | 448 | 367 | 158f | |
20 Puerperal Fever | 45 | 49 | 25 | 65 | 184 | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic dis's | 16 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 62 | |||||||
57 Dis's of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands | 30 | 32 | 21 | 31 | 11' | |||||||
22 Thrush | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic diseases | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |||||||
58 Diseases of Urinary System | 609 | 635 | 560 | 607 | 241 | |||||||
24 Starvation, Want of Breast-milk | 24 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 64 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 176 | 149 | 167 | 172 | 664 | 59 Diseases, Generative System | 61 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 26 | |
26 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart | 91 | 87 | 90 | 99 | 367 | 60 Accidents, Childbirth | 39 | 52 | 48 | 38 | 17' | |
27 Rheumatism | 34 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 100 | 61 Diseases of Locomotive System | 59 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 21 | |
28 Gout | 39 | 35 | 28 | 35 | 137 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 77 | 81 | 76 | 44 | 278 | |||||||
30 Cancer | 991 | 998 | 1078 | 1015 | 4082 | 62 Diseases of Integumentary System | 83 | 84 | 72 | 91 | 33 | |
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 198 | 180 | 391 | 231 | 1000 | |||||||
32 Fubercular Meningitis | 302 | 320 | 371 | 240 | 1233 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 2287 | 1915 | 1733 | 2035 | 7970 | VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 230 | 251 | 261 | 236 | 978 | |||||||
35 Other constitut'nl dis's | 181 | 161 | 171 | 190 | 703 | 63 Accidents | 777 | 720 | 735 | 758 | 29£ | |
64 Other than Accidental | 125 | 142 | 134 | 110 | 51 | |||||||
36 Premature birth | 665 | 619 | 703 | 676 | 2663 | |||||||
37 Atelectasis | 60 | 70 | 39 | 59 | 228 | 65 Other Causes | 594 | 504 | 911 | 682 | 26E |