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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 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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SHEWING THE CAUSES OF DEATH FOR EACH DISTI
| CAUSES OF DEATH in DISTRICTS. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat. | Diarrhoea. | Cholera. | Dysentery. | Whooping Cough. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | ??? | ??? Pneumonia. | Phthisis. | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants. | Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus. | Dropsy. | Cancer. | Hernia. | Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood "Vessels. | Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain. | Childbirth, and the 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 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 125 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 121 | |||
| Town ,, | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | ||
| Green „ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 261 | |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 91 | 59 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 43 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 588 | 588 |
| Hackney road—2nd Quarter | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 164 | ||
| Church. ,, | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 120 | ||
| Town . ,, | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 133 | |||
| Green „ | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 304 | |||
| Total | 17 | 29 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 132 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 80 | 48 | 79 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 721 | 721 | |
| Hackney road—3rd Quarter | 5 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 200 | ||
| Church „ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 119 | ||
| Town ,, | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 104 | ||
| Green „ | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 45 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 312 | ||
| Total | 24 | 67 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 162 | 75 | 44 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 735 | 735 | |
| Hackney road—4th Quarter | 6 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 192 | ||
| Church | 5 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 154 | ||
| 9 | ?S | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 151 | |||||
| Green „ | 2 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 353 | ||
| Total | 22 | 147 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 182 | 78 | 75 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 38 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 48 | 20 | 16 | 850 | 850 | |
| Total 2894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||