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 (H).—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' CASES FOR 1899.
Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Diseases. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
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All Causes | 1536 | 1253 | 1305 | 1442 | 5536 | 37 Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
38 Congenital malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
39 Old age | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||
1 Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 Apoplexy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 Epilepsy | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | |
No statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
2 Measles | 8 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 43 Other diseases of brain 1 and nervous system | 53 | 47 | 34 | 35 | 169 | |
3 Scarlet-Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
4 Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 10 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 55 | |
6 Influenza | 81 | 57 | 13 | 72 | 223 | |||||||
7 Whooping-Cough | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |||||||
8 Diphtheria | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 35 | 47 | 16 | 25 | 123 | |
9 Simple, Continued and ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
10 Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 46 Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
11 Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
12 Diarrhoea, Dysentery____ | 18 | 11 | 108 | 16 | 153 | 47 Bronchitis | 260 | 145 | 103 | 286 | 794 | |
13 Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 Pneumonia | 5 | .. | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
14 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 Pleurisy | 3 | 8 | .. | 14 | 25 | |
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 Other respiratory diseases | 163 | 131 | 97 | 166 | 557 | |
16 Cow Pox and effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
51 Dentition | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |||||||
17 Venereal affections | 20 | 12 | 34 | 27 | 93 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 14 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 52 | |
19 Pyæmia and Septicæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
20 Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 54 Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
21 Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | 55 Diseases of liver | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
56 Other diseases of diges-tive system | 79 | 79 | 112 | 57 | 327 | |||||||
22 Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
23 Worms and other Para-sitic Diseases | 5 | 4 | 3 | l | 13 | 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
24 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 38 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 91 | |||||||
58 Diseases of urinary system | 22 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 94 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 2 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 31 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 Diseases of generative system | 33 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 146 | |
27 Rheumatism | 108 | 89 | 101 | 116 | 414 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
28 Gout | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 24 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 198 | 152 | 158 | 144 | 652 | |
30 Cancer | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 9 | |||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 Diseases of integumen-tary system | 53 | 64 | 39 | 46 | 202 | |
33 Phthisis | 34 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 93 | |||||||
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 7 | |||||||
35 Other constitutnl. diseases | 1 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 42 | 63 Injury | 105 | 97 | 75 | 122 | 399 | |
36 Premature birth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 64 Other diseases | 143 | 135 | 173 | 116 | 567 |