London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Whitechapel 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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| D-(Continued.) | Date Of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths number of, from syphilis, annually | March, 1863 | 7 |
| „ caused by violence from vehicles in streets | July, 1874 | 5 |
| „ proportionate number of, from diseases of respiratory organs, from epidemics, and from scrofulous and tubercular diseases | ||
| Death of an infant from swallowing fish bone | Sept. 1871 | 4 |
| „ certificates of, faulty and ought to be amended | Oct. 1869 | 5 |
| „ Budden, from scarlet fever from the rupture of internal carotid artery | ,, ,, | ,, |
| „ causes of, summary of | Jan. 1858 | 2 |
| ,, by being registered in a las manner, the commission of crime is facilitated | ,, ,, | 4 |
| ,, of a man said to be 108 years old | July, „ | ,, |
| „ cause of, should always be recorded, certificate required by Friendly Societies' Act | April, 1859 | ,, |
| ,, in London Hospital from acute urticaria | June, 1860 | „ |
| „ from inhaling the vapour of spirits in a rum vault in London Docks | March, „ | „ |
| ,, from clothes catching fire | ,, ,, | ,, |
| ,, from drinking spirits out of casks in docks | ,, ,, | ,, |
| ,, of a labourer aged 104 | „ 1878 | 7 |
| ,, from the drinking of hot water from a tea-pot | June, 1857 | 4 |
| April, 1858 | 6 | |
| July, 1859 | ,, | |
| Oct. 1858 | 4 | |
| ,, of an infant from tight bandaging | April, 1864 | 6 |
| ,, of a girl 16 years old, found in a water butt | June, 1866 | 4 |
| ,, causes of | Jan. 1874 | 11 |
| „ from gangrene by voluntary starvation | Dec. 1868 | 4 |
| Death-rate of children under one year of age to 1,000 births registered in London in 1876, was 157, in England and Wales in 1876, was 146 | ||
| , , under five years of age to 1,000 births in 1876, was, in England and Wales 63.0 per 1,000, in London 73.0 per 1,000 | ||
| ,, ,, Registrar General's Report | March,1868 | 5 |
| ,, under one month, under three months,and under six months | Sept. 1878 | 11 |
| ,, at different ages lower in 1876 than in the 25 years 1848-72, :and is mainly due to a much lower death-rate among children and among persons at ages under 35 and over 75 years | ,, ,, | „ |
| , in certain blocks of buildings | Oct. 1870 | 9, 10 & 11 |
| „ in Islington, Hackney, and Whitechapel | March,1877 | 15 |
| , in London, Mr. Neison's contributions to vital statistics | ,, ,, | ,, |