Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1893
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TABLE III. (Continued).
| 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. | |
| Zymotic Diseases (continued). | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 14 | 60 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 82 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 74 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 44 | 17 | 3 | ... | 1 | 71 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 50 | 21 |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 33 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 18 | ... | 12 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 57 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 98 | 21 | 4 | 5 | ... | 137 | 39 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 107 | 30 |
| Simple Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | 10 | ... | 26 | ... | 10 | ... | 11 | ... | 5 | ... | 26 |
| Influenza | ... | 3 | ... | 6 | 17 | 14 | 40 | ... | 11 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 37 |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 2. Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Choleraic Diarrhoea | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Diarrhœa Dysentery | 80 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 121 | 29 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 107 | 14 |
| 3. Malarial Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4. Zoogenous Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| Cowpox and Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tetanus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5. Venereal Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| Syphillis | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 9 | 1 |
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |