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]
This page requires JavaScript
Table III. (Continued)
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. | |||
1 Zymotic Diseases (continued). | |||||||||||||
Diphtheria | .. | 41 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 52 |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Diarrheal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 36 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 58 | 66 |
3. Malarial Diseases. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4. Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases {e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
6. Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
Pyœmia, Septiccemia | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases | |||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | v |
III.—Dietic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |