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.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under 5 years. | Total. | ||||||||||
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0 to 1 | l 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 | |||
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Cancer, Malignant Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 4 | .. | .. | 55 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 59 | 25 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 84 | |
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 | |||
Phthisis | 11 | 10 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 27 | 4 | .. | 18 | |||
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |||
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Lucocythæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
V.-Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 95 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 95 | |
Atelectasis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Congenital Malformation | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 47 | 16 | .. | ||
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 2 | .. | ||||
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Convulsions | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis) | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
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