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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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE III.
Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non.Residents are excluded.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 3 months. | AGES. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 to 95 | 95 and upwards. | Total under 5 years | ||||
I | Zymotic Diseases | 53 | 165 | 135 | 145 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 498 | 615 |
II | Constitutional Diseases | 10 | 83 | 61 | 35 | 26 | 57 | 88 | 92 | 58 | 43 | 16 | 7 | .. | .. | 189 | 576 |
III | Local Diseases | 115 | 153 | 126 | 69 | 50 | 31 | 51 | 78 | 116 | 173 | 149 | 62 | 8 | .. | 463 | 1181 |
IV. | Developmental Diseases | 152 | 71 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 70 | 19 | 1 | .. | 255 | 423 |
V. | Violent Deaths | 22 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 62 | 87 |
Not specified or ill defined | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Totals l | 353 | 493 | 351 | 265 | 153 | 104 | 154 | 197 | 195 | 269 | 242 | 92 | 9 | • • | 1468 | 2883 | |
CLASS I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Smallpox | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 20 |
2 | Measles | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 34 |
3 | Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | .. | 9 | 17 | 50 | 36 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 76 | 114 | |
4 | Diphtheria | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 |
5 | Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
6 | Croup | • f | 8 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | 35 | |
7 | Whooping Cough | 6 | 46 | 48 | 36 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 136 | 140 | |
8 | Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Enteric or Typhoid F. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 21 | ||
Simple continued F. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | ||
9 | Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | 14 |
10 | Puerperal Fever (see Childbirth) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |