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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 1896

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1896

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Table: TABLE III. (B). Table of Deaths during the year 1896, in the three Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities (institution deaths have been distributed and non-parishioners excluded).

TABLE III. (B). Table of Deaths during the year 1896, in the three Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities (institution deaths have been distributed and non-parishioners excluded).

Names of Localties adopted for the purpose of these Statistics.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 & under 25.25 & under 65.65 & upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.
North, Sub-District11423262785835282163Under 5...15182...1.........1636740...5162423203604
5 upwds...451...6......3...11213911435824195538
Total....19233...7......3...264694139630562473981142
South, Sub-District8142402083128195112Under 5...10195...2............1473826...5100...15180448
5 upwds....131...3............1323247864811155636
Total....11226...5............25040292521864826335814
East, Sub-District9532631723635278169Under 5...7143...1...............324033...399314186435
5 upwds....351...8......2133253841296515189518
Total....10194...9......2133542383872286829375953
Totals290982965812598755444Under 5...325110...4.........9.14214599...133617525691487
all ages....406413...21......517149151108823571917810211082909
Mortality per thousand population at all ages...0.300.490.10...0.16......0.030.000.051.151.160.830.061.815.061.370.788.5822.52