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Bethnal Green 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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TABLE III. (Continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.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,Rehumatism of the Heart..1221......2....18
Rheumatism............1..1......2
Gout........1..12....4
Rickets2..1..............93
Cancer, Malignant Diseases..1158142113......69
Tabes Mesenterica2813..................4141
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus16194................3539
Phthisis151236576243146....6236
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula1288................2028
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis....1..................1
Anœmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythœmia..............1........1
Diabetes........2..32........7
Other Constitutional Diseases..........................
V.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth56....................5656
Atelectasis16....................1616
Congenital Malformations11....................1111
Old Age..............215734..112
VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Nervous System. Inflammation of Brain or Membranes19268214..2......4562
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis ...2625131623342162127
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane....2222....8
Epilepsy..1....111..3....17
Convulsions7981..............8788
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)31..................44
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans........29..121....8
Other Diseases of Nervous system............1....1....1