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. | |||||||||||||
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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. | |
Constitutional Diseases (continued). | |||||||||||||||
Phthisis | 2 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 211 | 10 | 272 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 74 | 7 | 118 | 11 | 261 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Diabetes | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 |
Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
V.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 11 | ... | 17 | ... | 31 | ... | 59 | ... |
Atelectasis | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | ... |
Congenital Malformations | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 1 |
Old Age | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 100 | 103 | ... | 21 | ... | 49 | ... | 33 | ... | 103 |
VI.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
1. Nervous System. | |||||||||||||||
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes | 18 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ... | 51 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 11 |
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 67 | 69 | 141 | ... | 44 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 136 |
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 7 | 18 | ... | 3 | ... | 9 | ... | 6 | ... | 18 |
Epilepsy | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Convulsions | 147 | 25 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 179 | 49 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 172 | 7 |
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis) | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... |
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 |