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.
Shewing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the 10 years
1872 to 1881 and in the year 1882.
DISEASE. | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | Annual Average of 10 years, 1872—1881. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs., 1872—1881. | 1882 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1882. |
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Small Pox | 269 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 88 | 55 | 7 | 51 | 118 | 66.8 | 22.4 | 8 | 2.5 |
Measles | 82 | 43 | 192 | 25 | 56 | 142 | 59 | 106 | 34 | 185 | 92.4 | 31.9 | 58 | 18.7 |
Scarlet Fever | 41 | 17 | 103 | 193 | 80 | 93 | 68 | 76 | 114 | 82 | 86.7 | 29.0 | 132 | 42.6 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 11 | 3.5 |
Whooping Cough | 118 | 147 | 101 | 151 | 61 | 89 | 192 | 147 | 140 | 102 | 124.8 | 41.9 | 229 | 74.0 |
Fever | 63 | 44 | 58 | 68 | 42 | 48 | 51 | 56 | 37 | 59 | 52.6 | 16.0 | 39 | 12.6 |
Diarrhœa | 159 | 143 | 159 | 124 | 112 | 104 | 86 | 70 | 169 | 107 | 123.3 | 41.4 | 96 | 31.0 |
Total in Bethnal Green | 734 | 441 | 625 | 567 | 385 | 572 | 525 | 474 | 553 | 662 | 553.8 | 184.1 | 573 | 184.9 |
Total in London | 12874 | 11549 | 11352 | 13518 | 12696 | 12380 | 14857 | 12256 | 13677 | 13811 | 12897.0 | 162.9 | 13553 | 163.3 |