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Bethnal Green 1883

[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 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards
IV.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart....21121..........7
Rheumatism....1..11..1......4
Gout..........1....1....2
Rickets..1................11
Cancer, Malignant Disease....1..3792594....58
Tabes Mesenterica4-2224..............6468
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus13244..11..........3743
Phthisis71413508772542971..21334
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula3613421........920
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis..1..................11
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia..........................
Diabetes......3....111......6
Other Constitutional Diseases..........................
V.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth75....................7575
Atelectasis4....................44
Congenital Malformations71..1..............89
Old Age..............4345623..117
VI.—Local Diseases.
I. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes31373413..221..6884
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiphlegia, Brain Paralysis1..2..561529262331110
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane....1......32......6
Epilepsy1..111221......19
Convulsions93273................120123
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)11..................22
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraphlegia, Paralysis Agitans........11..121....6
Other Diseases of Nervous System..1......2..1......14