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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 1859

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

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Table: TABLE 5.Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1859.

TABLE 5.

Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1859.

Sub-Districts of Bethnal GreenSmall PoxMeaslesScarlatinaWhooping CoughDiarrhœaTyphusTotal of EpidemicsPercentage to Total Deaths
Hackney Road25846114615151
Green191639104422150
Church30123118421815128.02
Town372041165516185
Totals111561575518771637

Table: TABLE 6.Comparative Mortality by Epidemics in London, East Districts, and Bethnal Green.

TABLE 6.

Comparative Mortality by Epidemics in London, East Districts, and Bethnal Green.

EpidemicsPercentages to Total Deaths
LondonEast DistrictsBethnal Green
Small Pox1.82.64.8
Measles2.11.82.4
Scarlatina6.87.06.9
Whooping Cough2.82.62.4
Diarrhœa5.46.78.2
Typhus2.93.43.1