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 (M).— WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1899.
Causes of Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4 th Quarter. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4 th Quarter. | Total. | |
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All causes | 436 | 355 | 418 | 435 | 1644 | 40 Apoplexy | 12 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 36 | |
41 Epilepsy | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 42 Convulsions | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | ||||||
43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 19 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 73 | |||||||
1 Small-Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | 1 | *1 | ||||||
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
No statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
2 Measles | 11 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 49 | |||||||
3 Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||||
45 Diseases of the circula-tory system | 40 | 39 | 28 | 55 | 162 | |||||||
4 Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
6 Influenza | 7 | 5 | .. | 1 | 13 | |||||||
46 Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
7 Whooping cough | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | |||||||
8 Diphtheria | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 47 Bronchitis | 73 | 36 | 20 | 56 | 185 | |
9 Simple, continued and ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
48 Pneumonia | 49 | 40 | 34 | 61 | 184 | |||||||
49 Pleurisy | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | |||||||
10 Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||||||
50 Other respiratory diseases | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | |||||||
11 Simple cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
12 Diarrhoea, dysentery | .. | 1 | 42 | 1 | 44 | |||||||
51 Dentition | 2 | 2 | 1 | l | 6 | |||||||
13 Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
52 Quinsy, sore throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
15 Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
53 Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
54 Peritonitis | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |||||||
55 Diseases of liver | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | |||||||
17 Venereal affections | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | |||||||
56 Other diseases of diges-tive system | 28 | 29 | 79 | 23 | 159 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
19 Pyæmia and Septicaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||||
57 Diseases of lymphatic system & ductless glands | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic diseases | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |||||||
22 Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
58 Diseases of urinary system | 17 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 43 | |||||||
23 Worms and other para-sitic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
59 Diseases, generative sys-tem | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
24 Starvation, want of breast milk | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
60 Accidents of childbirth | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
61 Diseases of locomotive system | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
26 Rheumatic Fever and rheumatism of heart | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 62 Diseases of integumen-tary system | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
28 Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
29 Rickets | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 | |||||||
30 Cancer | 7 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 46 | |||||||
VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | |||||||
33 Phthisis | 43 | 46 | 35 | 46 | 170 | 63 Accident | 18 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 68 | |
34 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||
35 Other constitutn'l diseases | 14 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 71 | 64 Homicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
36 Premature birth | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 65 Suicide | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | |
37 Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
38 Congenital malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 Other Causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
39 Old age | 16 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 44 | |||||||
* Non-resident. Vaccinated in infancy. |