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Bethnal Green 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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TABLE2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING JANUARY 1st, 1859.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.TotalQUARTERS.Total of 1857.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.TotalQUARTERS.Total of 1857.
Under 5Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above1.2.3.4.Under 5Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above1.2.3.4.
I. Zymotic: 709.Peritonitis..1..4....513..18
Ascites....92..15211112
Small-pox1172......2017575Ulceration of Intestines..1..2....31..2..3
Measles838........913428171281Hernia (Rupture)......22..42..111
Scarlatina130553......1882021747394Ileus......................1
Whooping Cough1104........11439381621126Intussusception2....14..713122
Croup211........22855431Stricture of Intestinal Canal........................
Thrush7..........714..22Disease of Stomach, &c......24..6391..11
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)853448..1048147111132Disease of Pancreas........................
Dysentery1212....611313Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)....122..5..1314
Cholera2..........2..11..15Jaundice3....33..9313212
Influenza......................3Disease of Liver1..363..13244315
Seurvy and Purpura..1........21..1....Disease of Spleen........................
Ague........................VIII. Kidneys, &c.: 15.
Remittent Fever1..........1..1....1
Infantile Fever........................
Typhus Fever29359916410727199734105Nephritis1..........1....1..2
Puerperal Fever (Metria)..19......101..366Nephria (Bright's Disease)....31....4..1....8
Rheumatic Fever..434....1123339Ischuria......1....3..91....
Erysipelas (Rose121..32..18434717Diabetes......1....1..1......
Syphilis6..........62..317Stone........................
Noma (Canker........................Cystitis1........12.......22
Hydrophobia........................Stricture of Urethra........................
II. Dropsy, &c. : 66.Disease of Kidneys. &c..1..91..4..9..911
IX. Childbirth: 11.
Hæmorrhage....421..7321112
Dropsy734271247331126Paramenia......1....1....1....
Abscess (Gathering)311..1..613112Ovarian Dropsy....119..4121..3
Uleer..........11......1IChildbirth (see Metria)....4......4....134
Fistula........1..11......2Disease of Uterus, &c......9.....2..11..2
Mortification4......1..742..18X. Joints, Bones, &c.: 5.
Cancer1..2511..19176fi9
Gout........1..1......1..
III. Tubercular : 427.Rheumatism......................1
Arthritis..1........1..1......
Disease of Joints1..3......4.1..914
Serofula22........431......XI. Skin, Cellular Tissues, &c. : 2
Tabes Mesenteriea1196........12514364926138
Phthisis (Consumption)20331107517..25557715968258
Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain)43..........4315912747Carbuncle......11..21....1..
IV. Brain and Nerves : 253.Phlegmon......................
Disease of Skin, &c......................5
CEphalitis10431....18662416XII. Malformation : 3.
Apoplexy....3620433978928Spina Bifida......................3
Palsy (Paralysis)1..814342591616131447Other Malformations3..........3..1112
Delirium Tremens....14....5112l2XIII. Premature Birth and Debility : 7070..........702215151853
Chorea........................
Epilepsy3..541..1351436
Tetanus2..........2....112XIV. Atrophy: 19.19..........193210414
Insanity..1?,75..1551457
Convulsions702........721529161281
Disease of Brain, &c.193563..36510111019XV. Old Age. 123.........715212336372624116
V. Heart and Blood Vessels : 46.XVI. Sudden Death : 10.41..14..1043125
Periearditis12I4314XVII. Violent Death : 81.
Aneurism112111
Disease of Heart. &c4913811240111071?26Intemperance......11..21..1..4
VI. Lungs and Organs or Respiration : 461.Privation of Food......1..11........
Want of Breast Milk2..........21..1..5
Neglect........................
Cold..........11..l......
Laryngitis211..1..5..2..315Poison1........%..1..1....1
Bronchitis553937487159699,7954127Burns and Scalds2..........2....116
Pleurisy12..1....4211..4Hanging (Suicide)....111..411114
Pneumonia19288fi4..21777453659191Suffocation5..........64116
Asthma..1?,9,335..61971071765Drowning2..141..8131313
Disease of Lungs53419..15512711Fractures and Contusions......1....1....1..3
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs : 141.Wounds....1......11........
Other Violent Causes31..31..85..1212
Not Specified17439924410169949
Teething70..........702124151069
Quinsey31..1....511125
Gastritis....11..32..1..1
Enteritis31..11..6..41110Totals12762122402893438224426405816036182291