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 OF THE YEAR 1900.
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 | 26513 | 20179 | 20425 | 18893 | 86010 | 40 Apoplexy | 680 | 565 | 471 | 591 | 2309 | |
41 Epilepsy | 111 | 92 | 86 | 85 | 374 | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 42 Convulsions | 451 | 379 | 455 | 378 | 1663 | ||||||
43 Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System | 1149 | 1005 | 897 | 840 | 3891 | |||||||
1 SmallPox | Vaccinated | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||||
Unvaccinated | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||
44 Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 58 | 67 | 42 | 49 | 216 | |||||||
No statement | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |||||||
2 Measles | 602 | 762 | 329 | 243 | 1936 | |||||||
3 Scarlet Fever | 84 | 97 | 70 | 110 | 361 | 45 Diseases of the Circulatory System | 2286 | 1766 | 1518 | 1725 | 7295 | |
4 Typhus Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
5 Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
6 Influenza | 1470 | 317 | 42 | 120 | 1949 | 46 Croup | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 51 | |
7 Whooping-cough | 518 | 5951 | 545 | 290 | 1948 | |||||||
8 Diphtheria | 533 | 320 | 299 | 406 | 1558 | 47 Bronchitis | 4255 | 1744 | 806 | 1894 | 8690 | |
9 Simple, Continued and Ill-defined Fever | — | 2 | 5 | — | 7 | 48 Pneumonia | 2513 | 2134 | 981 | 1562 | 7190 | |
49 Pleurisy | 100 | 90 | 56 | 75 | 321 | |||||||
10 Enteric Fever | 204 | 122 | 156 | 274 | 756 | 50 Other Respiratory Diseases | 492 | 300 | 167 | 276 | 1235 | |
11 Simple Cholera | 2 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 76 | |||||||
12 Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 132 | 148 | 2867 | 418 | 3565 | |||||||
51 Dentition | 102 | 99 | 87 | 57 | 345 | |||||||
13 Remittent Fever | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
14 Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
52 Quinzy, Sore Throat | 17 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 74 | |||||||
15 Glanders | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
53 Enteritis | 280 | 294 | 1178 | 352 | 2104 | |||||||
16 Cow-Pox and Effects of Vaccination | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | |||||||
54 Peritonitis | 52 | 46 | 54 | 76 | 228 | |||||||
55 Diseases of Liver | 398 | 321 | 335 | 298 | 1352 | |||||||
17 Venereal Affections | 107 | 11 | 106 | 92 | 416 | |||||||
18 Erysipelas | 56 | 31 | 35 | 60 | 182 | 56 Other Diseases of Digestive System | 422 | 387 | 525 | 400 | 1734 | |
19 Pyaemia and Septicæmia | 22 | 25 | 37 | 27 | 111 | |||||||
20 Puerperal Fever | 40 | 43 | 30 | 56 | 169 | |||||||
57 Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands | 32 | 38 | 31 | 34 | 135 | |||||||
21 Other Zymotic Diseases | 20 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 72 | |||||||
22 Thrush | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | |||||||
23 Worms and other Parasitic Diseases | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||||||
58 Diseases of Urinary System | 739 | 612 | 579 | 669 | 2599 | |||||||
24 Starvation, Want of Breast-milk | 26 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 94 | |||||||
25 Alcoholism | 195 | 176 | 146 | 176 | 693 | 59 Diseases, Generative System | 53 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 231 | |
26 rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart | 100 | 87 | 76 | 98 | 361 | |||||||
60 Accidents of Childbirth | 67 | 62 | 52 | 49 | 230 | |||||||
27 Rheumatism | 31 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 103 | |||||||
28 Gout | 46 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 124 | |||||||
61 Diseases of Locomotive System | 59 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 207 | |||||||
29 Rickets | 69 | 73 | 74 | 46 | 262 | |||||||
30 Cancer | 991 | 1031 | 1103 | 1126 | 4251 | |||||||
31 Tabes Mesenterica | 183 | 164 | 281 | 200 | 830 | |||||||
32 Tubercular Meningitis | 283 | 317 | 302 | 267 | 1169 | 62 Diseases of Integumentary System | 102 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 346 | |
33 Phthisis | 2388 | 2012 | 1806 | 1824 | 8030 | |||||||
34 Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 250 | 291 | 282 | 248 | 1071 | |||||||
35 Other Constitutional Diseases | 204 | 180 | 173 | 181 | 738 | |||||||
VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||
36 Premature Birth | 640 | 661 | 655 | 635 | 2591 | |||||||
63 Accidents | 947 | 770 | 728 | 710 | 3155 | |||||||
37 Atelectasis | 65 | 48 | 52 | 54 | 219 | 64 Other than Accidents | 104 | 169 | 122 | I20 | 515 | |
38 Congenital Malformations | 121 | 83 | 100 | 96 | 400 | |||||||
65 Other Causes | 672 | 567 | 761 | 651 | 2651 | |||||||
39 Old Age | 977 | 649 | 530 | 626 | 2782 |