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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SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH. Summary of Table III.
No. of Deaths. | Per Centageon Total Deaths. | Mortality Rate on Population. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Order. | ||||
I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 480 | .. | 17.72 | 3.66 |
1. Miasmatic Diseases | .. | 357 | 13.19 | 2.72 |
2. Diarrhœal ” | .. | 95 | 3.58 | 0.72 |
3. Malarial ,, | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4. Zoogenous ” | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Venereal ,, | .. | 8 | 0.29 | 0.06 |
6. Septic | .. | 20 | 0.73 | 0.15 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
III.—Dietetic Diseases | 14 | 14 | 0.51 | 0.10 |
IV. Constitutional Diseases | 443 | 443 | 16.36 | 3.38 |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 197 | 197 | 7.27 | 1.50 |
VI.—Local Diseases | 12” | .. | 49 97 | 9.91 |
1. Diseases of Nerrous System | .. | 353 | 13.03 | 2.69 |
2. Diseases of Or^aus of Special Sense | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3. Diseases of Circulatory System | .. | 113 | 4.17 | 0.86 |
4. Diseases of Respiratory System | •• | 655 | 24.19 | 5.00 |
5. Diseases of Digestive System | .. | 115 | 4.24 | 0.87 |
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | .. | 3 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
7. Diseases of Glaud-like Organs of Un certain Use | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Diseases of Urinarv System | .. | 37 | 1.36 | 0.28 |
9. Diseases of Reproductive System | .. | .. | .. | .. |
(a). Diseases of Organs of Generation | .. | 2 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
(b). Diseases of Parturition | .. | 11 | 0.40 | 0.08 |
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | .. | 10 | 0.36 | 0.07 |
11. Diseases of Integumentary System | .. | .. | .. | .. |
109 | .. | 3.88 | 0.83 | |
1. Accident or Negligence | .. | ” | 3.65 | 0.75 |
2. Homicide | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3. Suicide | .. | 10 | 0.36 | 0.07 |
4. Execution | .. | .. | .. | .. |
VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES | 164 | 164 | 6.05 | 1.25 |
Total | 2708 | 2708 |
Of the total deaths from all causes 16¾ por cent. were referred to
the diseases included in the above-mentioned table, against 18 per
cent. in 1888.
The death rate from Zymotic diseases was 3.45 against 4.22 last
year; the corresponding rates for London were 2.55 in 1888 and
2.24 in 1889.
The Zymotic diseases showing increase over the preceding year
were Measles, Diphtheria, Simple Fever, and Diarrhœa. In the
following table is shown the per-centage of each as compared with
the total number of Zymotie deaths.