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 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 | 12 | 71 | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 83 | 102 |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Diarrheal Diseases. Simple Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 54 | 33 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 87 | 93 |
3. Malarial Diseases. Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4. Zoogenous Diseases. Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 8 |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Septic Diseases. Erysipelas | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 11 |
Pyaemia, Septicaemia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
II.—Parasitic Diseases. Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 21 |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III.—Dietetic Diseases Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |