London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bethnal Green 1888

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

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TABLE Y.

Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the ten years,1878to1887,and in the year1888,and the proportion of deaths to one thousand from all causes.

DISEASE.1878187918801881188218831884188518861887Annual Average of 10 years, 1878,1887.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs. 1878, 1887.1888Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1888.
Small Pox557511187199220136.112.0810.34
Measles591063418558128371631087395.131.8212441.92
Scarlet Fever68761148213817410062356191.030.4412040.56
Diphtheria81412911131419212614.74.615217.58
Whooping Cough1921471401022294214292148101133.544.6616756.45
Fever5156375934324921293139.913.35217.10
Dirrhœa8670169107968713784166123112.537.646722.65
Total in Bethnal Green525474553662573477578463507416522.8174.90552186.60
Total in London14,73412,25613,68113,81113,55310,80113,62913,07411,12112,80912946.9152.710,727137.0
Total in England & Wales84,67662,02082,53758,23969,73458,97271,76257,72662,85964,67667,314128.250,68499.2