London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1893
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1893
This page requires JavaScript
BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE III. Shewing Deaths Registered from all causes during the Year, 1893.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH | EAST. | NORTH. | TOTAL DEATHS | |||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwds. | Total. | Under 5 | 5 and upwds. | Under 5 | 5 and upwds. | Under 5 | 5 and upwds. | Under 5 | 5 and upwds. | ||
| I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 152 | 273 | 58 | 30 | 55 | 27 | 595 | 139 | 55 | 129 | 60 | 157 | 55 | 425 | 170 | |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| III.—Dietetic Diseases | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | 14 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 70 | 51 | 23 | 43 | 280 | 38 | 505 | 38 | 107 | 37 | 119 | 46 | 158 | 121 | 384 | |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 73 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 100 | 178 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 49 | 35 | 33 | 74 | 104 | |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 365 | 252 | 56 | 64 | 599 | 316 | 1652 | 190 | 272 | 194 | 380 | 233 | 383 | 617 | 1035 | |
| VII.—Deaths from Violence | 47 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 111 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 68 | 43 | |
| VIII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 138 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 201 | 45 | 10 | 44 | 15 | 69 | 18 | 158 | 43 | |
| Totals | 849 | 618 | 150 | 141 | 998 | 501 | 3257 | 456 | 482 | 440 | 639 | 571 | 669 | 1467 | 1790 | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Unvaccinated | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | |
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |