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 Y.
DISEASE. | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | Annual Average of 10 years, 1878,1887. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs. 1878, 1887. | 1888 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1888. |
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Small Pox | 55 | 7 | 51 | 118 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 36.1 | 12.08 | 1 | 0.34 |
Measles | 59 | 106 | 34 | 185 | 58 | 128 | 37 | 163 | 108 | 73 | 95.1 | 31.82 | 124 | 41.92 |
Scarlet Fever | 68 | 76 | 114 | 82 | 138 | 174 | 100 | 62 | 35 | 61 | 91.0 | 30.44 | 120 | 40.56 |
Diphtheria | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 14.7 | 4.61 | 52 | 17.58 |
Whooping Cough | 192 | 147 | 140 | 102 | 229 | 42 | 142 | 92 | 148 | 101 | 133.5 | 44.66 | 167 | 56.45 |
Fever | 51 | 56 | 37 | 59 | 34 | 32 | 49 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 39.9 | 13.35 | 21 | 7.10 |
Dirrhœa | 86 | 70 | 169 | 107 | 96 | 87 | 137 | 84 | 166 | 123 | 112.5 | 37.64 | 67 | 22.65 |
Total in Bethnal Green | 525 | 474 | 553 | 662 | 573 | 477 | 578 | 463 | 507 | 416 | 522.8 | 174.90 | 552 | 186.60 |
Total in London | 14,734 | 12,256 | 13,681 | 13,811 | 13,553 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 13,074 | 11,121 | 12,809 | 12946.9 | 152.7 | 10,727 | 137.0 |
Total in England & Wales | 84,676 | 62,020 | 82,537 | 58,239 | 69,734 | 58,972 | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | 67,314 | 128.2 | 50,684 | 99.2 |