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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 1894

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1894

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Table: Summary of Table III. SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH.

Summary of Table III. SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH.

No. of Deaths.Per Centage on Total Deaths.Mortality Rate on Population.
Order.Classes
I.—Specific Febrile of Zymotic Diseases504...19.084.09
1. Miasmatic Diseases(including Influenza)...41415.673.36
2. Diarrhoeal „...542.040.43
3. Malarial............
...............
5. Venereal „...110.420.08
6. Septic „...250.940.20
II.—Parasitic Diseases110.030.00
III.— Dietic Diseases23230.870.18
IV.—Constitutional Diseases45145117.743.66
V.—Developmental Diseases1701706.431.38
VI.—Local Diseases1221...46.219.92
1. Diseases of Nervous System...33512.682.64
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense............
3. Diseases of Circulatory System...1626.131.31
4. Diseases of Respiratory System56221.274.57
5. Diseases of Digestive System...793.100.64
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System...10.030.00
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use.........
8. Diseases of Urinary System...521.960.42
9. Diseases of Reproductive System.........
(a). Diseases of Organs of Generation...20.070.01
(b). Diseases of Parturition...180.680.14
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints...80.300.06
11. Diseases of Integumentary System...20.070.01
VII.—Violence107...4.050.87
1. Accident or Negligence...933.520.75
2. Homicide...30.110.02
3. Suicide...110.420.08
4. Execution......
VIII.—Ill-defined and not specified Causes1651656.241 34
Total26422642...21.4