London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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TABLE II.
Showing the Deaths from all causes for each quarter 1864, and
the first quarter of 1865
1861
1865
1st quarter
2nd quarter
3rd quarter
4th quarter
1st quarter
Small-Pox
5
1
1
1
3
Measles
13
55
70
19
8
Scarlatina
43
53
52
18
44
Whooping Congh
48
21
23
33
61
Fever
32
35
23
50
50
Erysipelas
4
3
7
10
4
Puerperal Fever
3
2
2
5
2
Influenza
...
...
...
...
• ••
Dysentery
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhoea
1
9
110
12
5
Cholera
...
..
• • •
5
...
Diphtheria
10
3
4
...
1
Rheumatism
3
8
6
11
8
Syphilis
3
3
3
3
1
Privation, including want of
breast milk
1
2
2
2
10
Alcoholism
4
...
...
4
1
Worms, Thrush, &c
...
...
...
...
...
Dropsy
11
8
11
9
17
Cancer
10
13
19
10
12
Mortification
3
2
5
2
4
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica
and Hydrocephalus
...
47
...
53
48
30
Phthisis
147
106
89
108
115
Insanity
...
...
...
...
...
Convulsions
36
46
27
42
32
Apoplexy
18
16
14
20
26
Brain Disease
79
45
41
57
61
Heart Disease
38
22
24
37
17
Laryngitis
24
16
18
17
13
Bronchitis
181
62
44
120
163
Pneumonia
75
62
49
117
49
Lung Diseases
39
19
10
31
31
Stomach Diseases
9
14
13
11
16
Liver Diseases
3
10
11
11
13
Bright's Disease
8
2
3
4
3
Kidney and Bladder Diseases
3
6
9
4
5
Ovarian Disease
5
2
1
2
...
Uterine Disease
5
•....
...
1
2
Joint Disease
,,,
...
...
1
...
Skin Disease
...
...
1
...
...
Premature Birth
21
14
11
11
6
Malformations
1
4
...
1
4
Teething
3
3
1
1
•••
Childbirth
3
4
3
3
6
Old Ago
67
19
30
37
40
Atrophy, Debility
23
27
48
34
38
Violence
19
10
18
16
20
Poison
1
1
1
2
2
Drowning
1
8
4
5
...
Not Specified
5
4
6
1
1
Totals
1055
772
877
1006
954
3710