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Bethnal Green 1860

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

Published
1861
Pages
30
Tables
12

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12 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    Their numerals in 1857-9 are expressed by 413, 461, and 350. How the quota of Epidemics, Consumption, and Diseases of the Respiratory Organs varied month by month last year I annex below:—
    Diseases.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
  • Page 20
    TABLE 1.
    METEOROLOGY.DEATHS.
    1860.Mean Reading of Barometer.Mean Temperature of Air.Mean Dew Point Temperature.Relative proportion of Wind.Daily Horizontal Movement of Air.Amount of Rain in Inches.In Bethnal Green.In London.
    Total.Annual percentage of Deaths in Bethnal Green.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.Total. * -Annual percentage of London Deaths.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.
    Months.N.E.S.W.
  • Page -
    TABLE 2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF ST. MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING DECEMBER, 29TH, 1860.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.QUARTERS.Total of 1859AGES.Total.QUARTERS.Total of 1859
    Under 5.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.1234CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 5.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.1234
  • Page 21
    TABLE 3. Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1860.
    Sub-Districts. of Bethnal Green.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total of Epidemics.Percentage to Total Deaths.
  • Page 21
    TABLE 4. Comparative Mortality by Epidemics in London, East Districts, and Bethnal Green.
    Epidemics.Percentages to Total Deaths.
    London.East Districts.Bethnal Green.
  • Page 22
    TABLE 5. Mean Ages of Gentry, Tradesmen, and Artisans.
    Classes.Nos. of Deaths.Years of Life.Mean Age at Death.Percentage of each Class to Total Deaths.
    Yrs.Mths.WisDays.
  • Page 22
    TABLE 6. Mean Ages in the 4 Sub-Districts.
    Sub-Districts.Nos. of Deaths.Years of Life.Mean Age at Death.
    Years.Mths.Wks.Days.
  • Page 23
    TABLE 7. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in the Workhouse, Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending December 29th, 1860.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Tubercular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Eespiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.General Total.
  • Page 24
    TABLE 8. Comparative Mortality, Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in each of the Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending December 29th, 1860.
    Sub-Districts.CAUSESDEATHS.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.T ubercular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c..Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.Males.Females.General Total.
  • Page -
    TABLE 9. Occupation of Males, aged 20 years and upwards, whose Deaths were registered in Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending December 29th, 1860.
    OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending December 29th, 1860.OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census in 1851.Deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending December 29th, 1860.
    TotalAges at Death.TotalAges at Death.
    Aged 20 & upwardsAged 20 & upwards.20-40-60-80 and upwards.Aged 20 & upwards.Aged 20 & upwards.20-40-60-80 and upwards.
  • Page 25
    TABLE 10. New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor-Law Medical Staff during the year 1860.
    DISTRICTS.12345Workhouse.TOTAL.
  • Page 26
    TABLE Synopsis of Sanitary Works, from March 26th, 1860, to March 25th, 1861.
    Wards.Houses Inspected.Drains ConstructedDrains Trapped.