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. | AGES. | Total under 5 years. | Total. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 1 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 and upwards | |||
I.—ZymoticDiseases (continued). | |||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | |
Simple Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | 4 | 6 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 23 | |
Other miasmatic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Simple Cholera | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 |
diarrhœa, Dysentery | 62 | 11 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 87 | ||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases (e.a.. Hvdronhobia. Glanders) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | 19 |
Gonorrhœa, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 15 | ||
Pyaemia, Septicsemia | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III.—Dietic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |