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. (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 II. (continued). | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Scrofula | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 18 | |
2 | Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | 37 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | 71 | |
3 | Phthisis | .. | 6 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 85 | 87 | 46 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 323 | ||
4 | Hydrocephalus | Acute | 2 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | 81 |
Chronic | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 17 | ||
CLASS III.—Local Diseases. | . | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | |
2 | Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 41 | |
3 | Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 | |
4 | Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | |
5 | Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
6 | Epilepsy | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 20 | |
7 | Convulsions | 5 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 113 | 116 | |
8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 18 | 45 | ||
1 | Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
2 | Aneurism | 1 | i | .. | ||||||||||||||
3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | .. 23 | 29 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 128 | ||
1 | Laryngitis | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | |
Bronchitis | 28 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 70 | 58 | 26 | 3 | .. | 155 | 382 | ||
3. | Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
4: | Pneumonia | 21 | 39 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ft | 3 | 2 | .. | 123 | 178 | |
5 | Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 18 | ||
.. | ||||||||||||||||||
I | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
2 | Enteritis | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | 16 |
NOTES.
1. 553.—Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough
Fever, and Diarrhoea.
2. 598.—Includes—Pleurisy, 2; Bronchitis, 382; Pneumonia, 178; Asthma, 12; Lung
Disease, 18; Laryngitis, 6.
3. 412.—Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. 219.—Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, 163; want of Breast Milk, 10; and
Premature Birth, 46.
5. 232.—Includes Hydrocephalus, 17; Infantile Meningitis, 70 ; Convulsions, 113 ; and
Teething, 32.