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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

Bethnal Green 1919

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1919

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Table: TABLE III. Deaths registered during the Calendar Year 1919, classified by age and cause.

TABLE III. Deaths registered during the Calendar Year 1919, classified by age and cause.

Causes of death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a).Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or"Non-Residents" in Intitutions in the District (b).
All Ages.Under 1year.1 and under 2years.2 and under 5years.5 and under15 years.15 and under25 years.25 and under45 years.45 and under65 years.65 and upwards.
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All causesCertified (c)156321839858776235404419870
Uncertified..............................
1. Enteric Fever1...............1......1
2. Small Pox..............................
3. Measles125331............8
4. Scarlet Fever4......22...............
5. Whooping Cough73...4...............8
6. Diphtheria and Croup5816321711......2
7. Influenza8321221827201126
8. Erysipelas5..................327
9. Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)185...15122567669131
10. Tuberculous Meningitis1523352.........21
11. Other Tuberculous Diseases162...4214219
12. Cancer, malignant disease120.........1...16554854
13. Rheumatic Fever8.........311213
14. Meningitis (See note (d)74......1...2......8
15. Organic Heart Disease137.........7220476186
16. Bronchitis20872...121670110104
17. Pneumonia (all forms)11724886517311848
18. Other diseases of respiratory organs26311...157821
19. Diarrhœa and Enteritis (See note (e)6656811............79
20. Appendicitis and Typhlitis5......32............5
21. Cirrhosis of Liver6.........1......231
2lA. Alcoholism1...............1.........
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease30...............3151211
23. Puerperal Fever3...............3.........
24. Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition6............24......1
25. Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth69671.........1......43
26. Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide4831684109716
27. Suicide.13............14442
28. Other Defined Diseases.3063941115113270124175
29. Diseases ill-defined or unknown.....................1......
Totals156321839858776235404419870

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NOTES TO TABLE III.
The Classification and numbering of Causes of Death are those of the "Short List" on page XXV. of the Manual of
the International List of Causes of Death.
(а) All " Transferable Deaths " of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the District who have died outside it, are included
with the other deaths in columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in
England and Wales who have died in the District, are in like manner excluded from these columns.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. equal the figures for the year in column 12 of Table I.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated within the district, whether of residents or non-residents,
are entered in the last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest cases are classed as "Certified "; all other deaths are
regarded as "Uncertified."
(d) Exclusive of "Tuberculous Meningitis" (10), but inclusive of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
(e) Title 19 has been used for deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis at all ages. (In the "Short List" deaths from Diarrhœa
and Enteritis under 2 years are included under Title 19; those at 2 years and over being placed under Title 28).
N.B.—Deaths of soldiers and sailors occurring in hospitals and institutions in the district are excluded from the total number
of deaths registered in the district, and such deaths are in like manner excluded from column 11 of Table III.