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. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 IV.—Developmental Diseases. Other 1.–Diseases of Children | ||||||||||||||||
1. Premature Birth | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 46 | 46 |
2 Cyanosis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
3. Spina Bifida | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
4. Other Malformations | 6 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 |
5. Teething | 1 | 17 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 32 |
Order 2.–Adults | ||||||||||||||||
1. Paramenia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 1 | 1 |
2. Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | 19 |
Order 3.– old People | ||||||||||||||||
1. Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 46 | 69 | 19 | 1 | • • | • • | 141 |
Order 4.– Nutrition | ||||||||||||||||
1. Atrophy and Debility | 95 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 2 | • • | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 163 | 171 |
CLASS V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
Order 1.–Accident or Negilence | ||||||||||||||||
1. Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | • • | • • | 1 | 3 | • • | 1 | 1 | • • | • • | 11 | 20 |
2. Wounds Gunshot | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | • • |
2.Wounds Cut, Stab | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | • • | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
3.Burns and Scalds | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 3 | 3 |
4.Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | 2 |
5. Drowning | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | 2 | 6 |
6. Suffocations | 18 | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | • • | 1 | • • | • • | 42 | 43 |
7. Otherwise | 1 | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 2 | 2 |
Order 3.– Homicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 1 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • | 6 | |
Causes Not specified or ill Defined | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |