Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter. | Total.. | |
Fever | 14 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 77 |
Small Pox | 9 | 29 | 67 | 147 | 252 |
Measles | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 38 |
Scarlatina ................................................ | 16 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 107 |
Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Diarrhoea | 11 | 132 | 13 | 8 | 164 |
Cholera | - | 8 | _ | 9 | |
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | _ | 2 |
\V hooping Cough | 19 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 66 |
Croup | 10 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 47 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 11 | 3 | 23 | |
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 22 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 83 |
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 88 | 54 | 162 | 182 | 486 |
Phthisis | 91 | 80 | 75 | 78 | 324 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants | 59 | 48 | 44 | 75 | 226 |
Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus | 53 | 79 | 39 | 32 | 203 |
Dropsy | 17 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 58 |
Cancer | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
Hernia | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels | 30 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 122 |
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 43 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 152 |
Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
Premature Birth, and Debility from Birth | 33 | 39 | 26 | 20 | 118 |
Teethinsr | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
Old Age and Natural Decay | 25 | 30 | 32 | 48 | 135 |
Violence, Privation, and Poison | 11 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 58 |
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 3 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 53 |
Totals | 588 | 721 | 735 | 850 | 2894 |