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
Shoreditch 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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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 | 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 | |
| Malformations | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 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 |
| 1055 | 772 | 877 | 1006 | 954 | |
| 3710 | |||||