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Bethnal Green 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Bethnal Green Sanitary District.

TABLE III. (Continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGE.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
VII.—Violence (continued).
Cut, Stah..........................
Burn, Scald152............1..69
Poison..........1..1........2
Drowning..11..11..........14
Suffocation3621......1....1..3841
Otherwise....2..........1......3
2. Homicide.
Manslaughter..........................
Murder..........................
3 Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds..........................
Cut, Stab..............1........1
Poison..........12....1....4
Drowning..........................
Hanging..........2121......6
Otherwise............1..........1
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes.
Dropsy1..........3141..110
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition12023..................143143
Mortification............1..1......2
Tumour..........................
Abscess1......2........1..14
Hæmorrhage1..........1........12
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)............1....1....2
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined3..1211254....319