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Bethnal Green 1864

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

Published
1865
Pages
22
Tables
8

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8 tables in this report

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    Although the Deaths, from all causes, were in excess of former years, I am happy to inform you that those from Zymotic Disease did not increase in the same ratio, as will appear by the table below:—
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    It was not only in Bethnal Green that an excess of mortality prevailed in 1864, as the following table, issued by the Registrar General, shows:—
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    DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1864:—
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE 1.
    DISTRICTS.BIRTHS For each District and Quarter.DISTRICTS.BIRTHS, (Male and Female,) for each District and Quarter.
    1st Qr.2nd Qr.3rd Qr.4th Qr.Totals.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Totals
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE 2. Showing the Deaths from all Causes in the year, 1864.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS.
    First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
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    TABLE 3. Showing the Deaths, from all causes, at different Ages, during the year 1864.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS OF PERSONS OF THE AGES:—
    Under 5 years.5 and under 10.10 and under 20.20 and under 30.30 and under 40.40 and under 50.50 and under 60.60 and under 70.70 and upwards.Total of all ages.
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    TABLE 4.
    CAUSES OF DEATH IN DISTRICTS.Fever.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat.Diarrhœa.Dysentery.Whooping Cough.Croup.Erysipelas.Diseases of the Abdominal Organs.Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia.Phthisis.Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants.Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus.Dropsy.Cancer.Hernia.Disease of the Heart and large Blood Vessels.Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other diseases of the Brain.Childbirth and diseases incident thereto.Premature birth and Debility from Birth.Teething.Old Age and Natural Decay.Violence, Privation, and Poison.Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic.Total.
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    TABLE 5. NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER THE POOR LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS.
    Fever.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat.Diarrhœa.Dysentery.Whooping Cough.Croup.Erysipelas.Diseases of the Abdominal Organs.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Catarrh.Phthisis.Cold and ???.Rheumatism.Dropsy.Cancer.Hernia.Heart Disease.Brain Disease.Female Diseases.Midwifery.Dentition.Syphilis.Wounds, Burns, &c.Skin Diseases.Debility.Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic.Totals.