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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 1860

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

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Table: TABLE 3.Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1860.

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.
Hackney Road73526221620126
Green153223132016119
Church62120813107819.68
Town82427161715107
Totals3611296596661 61430

Table: TABLE 4.Comparative Mortality by Epidemics in London, East Districts, and Bethnal Green.

TABLE 4.

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

Epidemics.Percentages to Total Deaths.
London.East Districts.Bethnal Green.
Small Pox1.41.01.6
Measles3.34.15.1
Scarlatina and Diptheria3.93.84.3
Whooping Cough3.23.32.7
Diarrhœa2.22.63.0
Typhus2.22.72.3