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.
SHEWING THE DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR 1888.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | 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. | ||||
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | * 133 | 327 | 74 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 460 | 576 | |
II.—Parasitic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
III.—Dietic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 12 | |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 59 | 46 | 28 | 40 | 65 | 71 | 61 | 39 | 24 | 6 | .. | 105 | 439 | |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 83 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 57 | 34 | 83 | 195 | |
VI.—Local Diseases | 299 | 261 | 59 | 56 | 61 | 97 | 141 | 152 | 191 | 96 | 15 | 560 | 1428 | |
VII.—Deaths from Violence | 44 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .. | 61 | 105 | |
VIII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 149 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 171 | 202 | |
Totals | 770 | 673 | 167 | 118 | 140 | 187 | 220 | 212 | 254 | 166 | 51 | 1443 | 2958 | |
I.—Zymotic Diseases. 1. Miasmatic Diseases. | . | |||||||||||||
Small Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | |
No Statement | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Measles | .. | 88 | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 110 | 124 | |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 73 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | 120 | |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 57 | 99 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 156 | 167 |