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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 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney Road.— 1st Quarter | 7 | .. | 3 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 11 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 163 | 765 |
| Church „ „ | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 152 | |
| Town „ „ | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 7 | 34 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 136 | |
| Green „ „ | 14 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | 80 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .. | 7 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 314 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .. | 35 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 82 | 64 | 31 | 16 | 7 | .. | 21 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 63 | 23 | 14 | 765 | |
| Hackney Road—Second Quarter | 5 | .. | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 117 | 644 | |
| .. | 1 | 9 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 120 | ||
| 3 | .. | 10 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | •3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 112 | ||
| Green „ „ | 11 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 5 | .. | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | .. | 13 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 295 | |
| Totals | 19 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 7 | 7 | .. | 19 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 116 | 64 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 45 | 21 | 27 | 644 | |
| Hackney Road.— Third Quarter | 6 | .. | 30 | 12 | 1 | 34 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | .. | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 190 | 825 |
| Church „ „ | 10 | 7 | 11 | 3 | .. | 22 | .. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 7 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 166 | |
| Town „ „ | 14 | .. | 25 | 9 | 1 | 33 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 180 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .. | 13 | 23 | .. | 4 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 289 | ||||
| Totals | 43 | 9 | 78 | 29 | 3 | 109 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 87 | 71 | 60 | 56 | 13 | 3 | .. | 32 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 825 | |
| Hackney Road—Fourth Quarter | 13 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .. | 3 | .. | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 | 7 | .. | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 203 | 816 |
| Church „ „ | 15 | .. | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 184 | |
| Town „ „ | 6 | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 135 | |
| Green „ „ | 9 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .. | 5 | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .. | 13 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 294 | ||
| Totals | 43 | 2 | 24 | 62 | .. | 11 | .. | 37 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 199 | 66 | 84 | 32 | 9 | 9 | .. | 30 | 27 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 816 | ||
| Total 3050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||