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TABLE II.
MORTALITY RETURNS of SHOREDITCH for the Four Quarters
of 1861, and the First Quarter of 1862.
1861
1862
First
Quarter
Second
Quarter
Third
Quarter
fourth
Quarter
First
Quarter
Small-Pox
5
3
2
2
1
Measles
27
19
6
4
6
Scarlatina
20
11
16
24
34
Whooping-Cough
90
53
31
50
71
Fever
18
20
25
47
64
Erysipelas
2
4
3
6
9
Puerperal Fever
2
...
3
7
2
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
Dysentery
1
...
...
1
...
Diarrhœa
6
10
112
21
4
Cholera
...
...
3
...
...
Diphtheria
3
7
10
17
7
Rheumatism
4
5
2
3
6
Syphilis
2
2
3
7
4
Privation, including want of
breast milk
3
1
4
3
1
Alcoholism
...
2
4
1
...
Worms, Thrush, &c.
...
...
...
2
...
Dropsy
14
9
7
8
9
Cancer
13
11
11
7
13
Mortification
4
5
2
...
4
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica
and Hydrocephalus
69
47
51
44
37
Phthisis
96
88
74
93
99
Phlebitis
...
...
1
...
...
Insanity
...
...
...
...
...
Convulsions
47
23
31
23
51
Hemorrhage
...
...
1
...
...
Apoplexy
13
21
13
22
5
Brain Disease
64
47
29
40
50
Heart Disease
46
30
22
29
26
Laryngitis
14
11
13
23
13
Bronchitis
139
68
40
85
129
Pneumonia
77
51
26
53
61
Lung Diseases
43
16
8
12
27
Stomach Diseases
12
16
16
11
11
Liver Diseases
9
10
12
11
7
Bright's Disease
7
3
1
5
3
Kidney & Bladder Disease
2
5
3
2
3
Ovarian Disease
...
...
1
4
...
Uterine Disease
3
1
1
...
3
Joint Disease
...
...
...
...
...
Skin Disease
1
1
2
1
1
Premature Birth
17
19
18
14
10
Malformations
1
4
3
3
5
Teething
5
4
1
1
4
Childbirth
2
4
1
2
6
Old Age
49
31
20
30
32
Atrophy, Debility
35
41
50
25
35
Violence
29
17
16
10
21
Poison
2
1
...
...
1
Drowning
4
2
3
1
1
Not Specified
5
...
...
4
8
Totals
995
723
701
758
884
3177