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Stepney 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE L.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1900.

Causes of Death.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter4th Quarter.Total.
All Causes265132017920425188938601040 Apoplexy6805654715912309
41 Epilepsy111928685374
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.42 Convulsions4513794553781663
43 Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System114910058978403891
1 SmallPoxVaccinated11
Unvaccinated11
44 Diseases of Organs of Special Sense58674249216
No statement112
2 Measles6027623292431936
3 Scarlet Fever84977011036145 Diseases of the Circulatory System22861766151817257295
4 Typhus Fever112
5 Relapsing Fever
6 Influenza147031742120194946 Croup1411131351
7 Whooping-cough51859515452901948
8 Diphtheria533320299406155847 Bronchitis4255174480618948690
9 Simple, Continued and Ill-defined Fever25748 Pneumonia2513213498115627190
49 Pleurisy100905675321
10 Enteric Fever20412215627475650 Other Respiratory Diseases4923001672761235
11 Simple Cholera2367476
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery13214828674183565
51 Dentition102998757345
13 Remittent Fever
14 Hydrophobia
52 Quinzy, Sore Throat1717231774
15 Glanders112
53 Enteritis28029411783522104
16 Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination1113
54 Peritonitis52465476228
55 Diseases of Liver3983213352981352
17 Venereal Affections1071110692416
18 Erysipelas5631356018256 Other Diseases of Digestive System4223875254001734
19 Pyaemia and Septicæmia22253727111
20 Puerperal Fever40433056169
57 Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands32383134135
21 Other Zymotic Diseases2023141572
22 Thrush1186227
23 Worms and other Parasitic Diseases626418
58 Diseases of Urinary System7396125796692599
24 Starvation, Want of Breast-milk2629192094
25 Alcoholism19517614617669359 Diseases, Generative System53585961231
26 rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart100877698361
60 Accidents of Childbirth67625249230
27 Rheumatism31232128103
28 Gout46262428124
61 Diseases of Locomotive System59495148207
29 Rickets69737446262
30 Cancer9911031110311264251
31 Tabes Mesenterica183164281200830
32 Tubercular Meningitis283317302267116962 Diseases of Integumentary System102758386346
33 Phthisis23882012180618248030
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis2502912822481071
35 Other Constitutional Diseases204180173181738
VIOLENT DEATHS.
36 Premature Birth6406616556352591
63 Accidents9477707287103155
37 Atelectasis6548525421964 Other than Accidents104169122I20515
38 Congenital Malformations1218310096400
65 Other Causes6725677616512651
39 Old Age9776495306262782