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. | AGE. | 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 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 19 | |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Enteric, or Typhoid Fever | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 15 | |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Diarrhœal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 57 | 14 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 71 | 82 | |
3. Malarial Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4. Zoogenous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
5. Venereal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Syphillis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | |
Gonorrhœa, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Septic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 11 | |
Pyaemia, Septicœmia | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
III.—Dietic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 9 | |
Scurvy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |