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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 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). | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Pyæmia, Septicoemia | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Thrush, and other Vegetable Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 |
| Scurvy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Chronic Alcoholism | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | ... | 13 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | 13 |
| Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Rheumatism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Rickets | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 59 | 29 | 89 | 1 | 24 | ... | 30 | ... | 34 | 1 | 88 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 36 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44 | 24 | ... | 7 | ... | 13 | ... | 44 | ... |
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 32 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 6 |