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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1915.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or Nonresidents in Institutions in the District | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | ! 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | l |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 105 | 31 | 42 | 25 | 7 | _ | _ | - | _ | 33 |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 39 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Influenza | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 194 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 32 | 78 | 61 | 12 | 119 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 40 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 47 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 44 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 58 | 32 | 60 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 8 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Meningitis | 14 | 8 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 24 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 207 | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 39 | 65 | 78 | 106 |
| Bronchitis | 24 | 26 | 9 | - | 2 | 1 | 17 | 69 | 120 | 116 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 247 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 45 | 29 | 145 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 29 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 128 | 105 | 23 | - | _ | - | - | - | - | 125 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Nephritis&Bright's Disease | 65 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 16 | 45 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 86 | 83 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 64 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 74 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 34 |
| Suicide | 11 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Other Defined Diseases | 282 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 36 | 82 | 101 | 199 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 98 | 20 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 70 | 56 |
| Totals | 2091 | 433 | 154 | 124 | 103 | 76 | 251 | 467 | 483 | 1276 |
| Sub-entries included in above figures:- | ||||||||||
| Cerebro- spinal Meningitis | 14 | 8 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 24 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Anthrax | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia (other than Broncho-Pneumonia) | 113 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 16 | 69 |
| Septic Diseases, other than specified in above table | 40 | 5 | - | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 45 |