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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 1895

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1895

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Table: BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT, TABLE IV. Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 deaths, 1895.

BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT, TABLE IV. Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 deaths, 1895.

DIVISION I. (All Ages).Total DeathsDeaths per 1000 of Population (all ages).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages).
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases4423.4159.6
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis)6405.0231.1
3. Phthisis2431.8987.7
DIVISION II. (Young Children).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 ChildrenProportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths Children
4. Pulmonary Diseases25213.3193.2
5. Zymotic Diseases38420.2294.5