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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

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Table: TABLE III. (Continued).

TABLE III. (Continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGESDEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
SOUTH.EAST.TOTAL DEATHS.NORTH.
0 to 15 to 151 to 525 to 6515 to 2565 and upwds.Under 5Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.5 and upwds.
Local Diseases (continued).
Placenta prævia, Flooding.........11...2...1...1.........2
Other Accidents of Childbirth.........321...24...7...9...8...24
10. Bones and Joints.
Caries, Necrosis.............................................
Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis............11............1.........1
Other Diseases of Bones and Joints222342151335...3411
11. Integumentary System.
Carbuncle, Phlegmon1.........113...1.........112
Other Diseases of Integumentary System3............36111...1233
VII.—Violence. 1. Accident or Negligence.
Fractures and Contusions284185282626661018
Gunshot Wounds.........1......1...............1...1
Cut, Stab.............................................
Burn, Scald1113...1...16712132124
Poison...1......1132...1............3
Drowning1...2...3...6......14...115
Suffocation41.........3...441328...201413
Otherwise...1............1......1.........1...
2. Homicide.
Manslaughter.............................................
Murder11............2......2.........2...