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 upwds. | |||
VII.—Violence (continued). | |||||||||||||
Cut. Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Burn, Scald | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Drowning | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ... | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
Suffocation | 51 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 52 | 54 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Homicide. | |||||||||||||
Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Murder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3. Suicide. | |||||||||||||
Gunshot Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes. | |||||||||||||
Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 107 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 128 | 136 |
Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abscess | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Haemorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Causes not Specified or Ill-Defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |