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 75 to to 75 85 | 85 and upwds. | ||||
I.—Zymotic Diseases (continued). | |||||||||||||
2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 21 | |
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Simple Continued Fever | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Diarrheal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 |
Diarrhœa, Dynestery | 114 | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 152 | 162 |
3. Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4. Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Cowpox and Vaccination...................................... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
5. Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
6. Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 9 |
Pyoemia, Septicoemia | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
W orms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
III.—Dietic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
"Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 |
Scurvy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |