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Bethnal Green 1886

[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 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.
IV.— Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart....32..1............6
Rheumatism......1................1
Gout..........................
Rickets13..................44
Cancer, Malignant Disease........1101118143....57
Tabes Mesenterica56188................7482
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus92121..2..........3035
Phthisis7586170674724132..12304
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula19112121..........3036
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis..........................
Anœmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythœmia1..............1....12
Diabetes..........1....1......2
Myxœdema..............2........2
V.— Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth76....................7676
Atelectasis8....................88
Congenital Malformations11....................1111
Old Age..............2235311..89
VI.— Local Diseases.
1. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes292462..3221....5369
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis..2123103435312432145
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane........1..113......6
Epilepsy....1..112..........5
Convulsions95261................121122
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)42..1..12........610
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans..1........221....16
Other Diseases of Nervous System3........1..........34