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Bethnal Green 1864

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

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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.
Fever3516201017147144137
Small Pox123......1......16
Measles1686..............174
Scarlatina111243............138
Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat84..............12
Diarrhœa115.....21445131
Dysentery1................1
Whooping Cough1161..............117
Croup392..............41
Erysipelas10......1225..20
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs133647141218885
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia33693122238638250615
Phthisis159318460452613..283
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants241................241
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus1501..............151
Dropsy525343712647
Cancer......22846527
Hernia..............1..1
Diseases of the Heart and large blood Vessels46121091816268109
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain..112111022244135156
Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto......773......17
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth75................75
Teething78...............78
Old Age and Natural Decay392........314151209
Violence, Privation, and Poison485547834690
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic3462358511579
Totals1653110891501631851762512833050