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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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.—Zymotic Diseases (continued). | |||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 2 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 13 |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 27 |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
2. Diarrhœl Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 |
Diarrhœ, Dysentery | 47 | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 72 | 81 |
3. Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4. Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
5. Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Syphillis | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 14 |
Gonorrhœa, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
6. Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 10 |
Pytemia, Septicœia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
III.—Dietic Diseases | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 8 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |