Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1894
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Summary of Table III. SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH.
No. of Deaths. | Per Centage on Total Deaths. | Mortality Rate on Population. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Order. | Classes | |||
I.—Specific Febrile of Zymotic Diseases | 504 | ... | 19.08 | 4.09 |
1. Miasmatic Diseases(including Influenza) | ... | 414 | 15.67 | 3.36 |
2. Diarrhoeal „ | ... | 54 | 2.04 | 0.43 |
3. Malarial | ... | ... | ... | ... |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5. Venereal „ | ... | 11 | 0.42 | 0.08 |
6. Septic „ | ... | 25 | 0.94 | 0.20 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
III.— Dietic Diseases | 23 | 23 | 0.87 | 0.18 |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 451 | 451 | 17.74 | 3.66 |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 170 | 170 | 6.43 | 1.38 |
VI.—Local Diseases | 1221 | ... | 46.21 | 9.92 |
1. Diseases of Nervous System | ... | 335 | 12.68 | 2.64 |
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3. Diseases of Circulatory System | ... | 162 | 6.13 | 1.31 |
4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 562 | 21.27 | 4.57 | |
5. Diseases of Digestive System | ... | 79 | 3.10 | 0.64 |
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | ... | 1 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | ... | ... | ... | |
8. Diseases of Urinary System | ... | 52 | 1.96 | 0.42 |
9. Diseases of Reproductive System | ... | ... | ... | |
(a). Diseases of Organs of Generation | ... | 2 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
(b). Diseases of Parturition | ... | 18 | 0.68 | 0.14 |
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | ... | 8 | 0.30 | 0.06 |
11. Diseases of Integumentary System | ... | 2 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
VII.—Violence | 107 | ... | 4.05 | 0.87 |
1. Accident or Negligence | ... | 93 | 3.52 | 0.75 |
2. Homicide | ... | 3 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
3. Suicide | ... | 11 | 0.42 | 0.08 |
4. Execution | ... | ... | ||
VIII.—Ill-defined and not specified Causes | 165 | 165 | 6.24 | 1 34 |
Total | 2642 | 2642 | ... | 21.4 |