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 Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE II.
Showing tho Deaths from different causes in Four Quarters of 1862, and First Quarter of 1863o
1862 | 1863 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | |
Small-Pox | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 17 |
Measles | 6 | 41 | 94 | 58 | 10 |
Scarlatina | 34 | 30 | 50 | 48 | 44 |
Whooping Cough | 71 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 50 |
Fever | 64 | 60 | 38 | 44 | 49 |
Erysipelas | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 |
Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhoea | 4 | 12 | 60 | 14 | 5 |
Diptheria | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatism | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Syphilis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Privation, including want of breast milk | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
Alcoholism | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... |
Worms, Thrush, &c | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... |
Dropsy | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
Cancer | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Mortification | 4 | 6 | 6 | ... | 3 |
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica, and Hydrocephalus | 37 | 39 | 51 | 32 | 48 |
Phthisis o | 99 | 99 | 77 | 101 | 101 |
Insanity | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Convulsions | 51 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 50 |
Apoplexy | 5 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
Brain Disease | 50 | 36 | 48 | 42 | 45 |
Heart Disease | 26 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 25 |
Laryngitis | 13 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 25 |
Bronchitis | 129 | 67 | 34 | 74 | 109 |
Pneumonia | 61 | 66 | 36 | 71 | 57 |
Lung Diseases | 27 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 31 |
Stomach Diseases | 11 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 11 |
Liver Diseases | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Bright's Disease | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Kidney and Bladder Diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
ovarian Disease | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
Uterine Disease | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Joint Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | oo |
Skin Disease | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
Premature Birth | 10 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 14 |
Malformations | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Teething | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
Childbirth | 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 |
old Age | 32 | 34 | 25 | 30 | 37 |
Atrophy, Debility | 35 | 32 | 48 | 31 | 37 |
Violence | 21 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 |
Poison | 1 | ... | oo | ... | ... |
Drowning | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... |
Not Specified | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
884 | 796 | 815 | 792 | 909 | |
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