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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 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.
WORKHOUSE.
1st Quarter24..12....6..1......401110236..2..15226..315438569393
2nd Quarter44..11....5..2..4317157117....230716..26514879367
3rd Quarter52........24..1..148913136....120322..46334557322
4th Quarter26........7......2129713287..1..33211122304453299
Totals146..23....42..4..789442437526..339814751112915722225813811381
District No. 1. Mr. Massingham. Fourth Quarter.123410..4..11..192644183....2115124..352532235
District No. 2. Mr. Defriez. Fourth Quarter.22..31..4..11..1103732853....243810..17926198
District No. 3. Mr. Vandenbergh. Fourth Quarter.33..45..10..1..2766310201....15..11..22526205
District No. 4. Dr. Gayton. Fourth Quarter.58..423..1412..7121012727376....16291..136650458
District No. 5. Dr. Welch. Fourth Quarter.6372036..10122..1217544121..12177431621128368
District No. 6. Dr. Lyel. Fourth Quarter.21..84..........211463374......12216..25419160
District No. 7. Dr. Brotherton. Fourth Quarter.55..57..3..38..3534733311..172......532237254
Totals264104886..45285..1775385511169221128722135251204613221818781878
Total 3259