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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TABLE III. (continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 3 months. | AGES. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||
CLASS I. (continued). | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Carbuncle | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
13 | Dysentery | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
14 | Diarrhœa | 25 | 75 | 43 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 151 | 164 | |
15 | Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | |
16 | Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
17 | Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
18 | Rheumatism | Acute | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Chronic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
19 | Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
1 | Syphilis | 8 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 16 | |
2 | Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
3 | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4 | Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
1 | Privation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Want of Breast Milk | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | |
3 | Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4 | Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
1 | Thrush | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | |
2 | Worms, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
CLASS II.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
2 | Dropsy | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 19 | |
3 | Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
4 | Cancrum Oris (Noma) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
6 | Pyœmia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |