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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.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
SOUTH.EAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and Upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwdsUnder 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
Violence (continued).
3. Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds.............................................
Cut, Stab............213...2.........1...3
Poison1.........2...3...111......12
Drowning............1...1...............1...1
Hanging............2...2.........1...1...2
Otherwise............1...1...1...............1
VIII. Ill-defined Causes.
Dropsy...1......124.........31...13
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition1371721189184448449661315430
Mortification............224.........2...2...4
Tumour.............................................
Abscess...1......1...2...1......1311
Hæmorrhage1.........5...611...1...315
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained).............................................
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined...1............1............1...1...