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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
Shoreditch 1862
[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 | |
| 3287 | |||||