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Bethnal Green 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Fever 2, both at their own homos; 439 cases of the various forms of
Fever, including Scarlet Fever, were reported to us; 167 were
removed to hospital; 29 died; 123 recovered, and 33 remained under
treatment to the end of the year. (The number of cases remaining
under treatment in Hospital at the end of the year 1882 was thirty).
| No. of Deaths. | Percentage on Total Deaths | Mortality Rate on Population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order. | Classes | |||
| I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | .. | 506 | 16.46 | 3.94 |
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 390 | .. | 12.70 | 3.03 |
| 2. Diarrhœal | 87 | .. | 2.8 | 0.67 |
| 3. Malarial „ | .. | .. | o.o | 0.00 |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | 1 | .. | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| 5. Venereal „ | 14 | .. | 0.45 | 0.11 |
| 6. Septic „ | 14 | .. | 0.45 | 0.11 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | .. | 7 | 0.22 | 0.05 |
| 111.—Dietic Diseases | .. | 15 | 0.49 | 0.11 |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | .. | 544 | 17.71 | 4.23 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | .. | 205 | 6.67 | 1.59 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | .. | 1435 | 46.71 | 11.18 |
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 344 | .. | 11.20 | 2.68 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | .. | .. | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 124 | .. | 4.03 | 0.96 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 755 | .. | 24.58 | 5.88 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 113 | .. | 3.67 | 0.88 |
| b. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 1 | .. | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 0 | .. | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 61 | .. | 1.98 | 0.47 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | 3 | .. | 0.09 | 0.02 |
| (b) Diseases of Parturition | 20 | .. | 0.65 | o.15 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 9 | .. | 0.29 | 0.07 |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 5 | .. | 0.16 | 0.03 |
| VII.—Violence | .. | 94 | 3.06 | 0.73 |
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 77 | .. | 2.50 | 0.60 |
| 2. Homicide | 2 | .. | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| 3. Suicide | 15 | .. | 0.49 | 0.11 |
| 4. Execution | .. | .. | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| VIII.—Ill-defined and not specified Causes. | .. | 266 | 8.66 | 2.07 |
| Total | 3072 | |||
Report of cases admitted into Small Pox Hospitals during the year 1882.
Hospitals.
No. of Cases
remaining at
end of 1882.
No. of Cases
admitted.
Died.
Discharged.
No. of Cases
remaining at
end of 1883.
Deptford
3
1
0
4
0
Fulham
1
0
0
1
0
Ship Atlas
0
0
0
0
0
Homerton
1
35
2
21
13
Totals
5
36
2
26
13
DIPHTHERIA.
(Decennial average, 8.1.)
Thirteen deaths (all at home) wore registered from Diphtheria. In
almost every instance the drainage arrangements of the houses were
defective. A very common fault is that the stack pipes, which convey