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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 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE 2.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
| Fever | 32 | 19 | 43 | 43 | 137 |
| Small Pox | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| Measles | 17 | 55 | 78 | 24 | 174 |
| Scarlatina | 23 | 24 | 29 | 62 | 138 |
| Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat ____ | 2 | 7 | 3 | .. | 12 |
| Diarrhœa | 4 | 7 | 109 | 11 | 131 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 35 | 19 | 26 | 37 | 117 |
| Croup | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| Erysipeals | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 19 | 28 | 16 | 22 | 85 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 213 | 116 | 87 | 199 | 615 |
| Phthisis | 82 | 64 | 71 | 66 | 283 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants. | 64 | 33 | 60 | 84 | 241 |
| Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus | 31 | 32 | 56 | 32 | 151 |
| Dropsy | 16 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 47 |
| Cancer | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| Hernia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diseases of the Heart & Large blood Vessels | 21 | 26 | 32 | 30 | 109 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 51 | 41 | 37 | 27 | 156 |
| Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 75 |
| Teething | 17 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 78 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | 63 | 45 | 47 | 54 | 209 |
| Violence, Privation and Poison | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 90 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 14 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 79 |
| Totals | 765 | 644 | 825 | 816 | 3050 |