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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 1899
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1899
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TABLE III.
| SUB-DISTRICT. | 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 and under 23. | 25 and under 63. | 65 and upwards. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Other for of Tubercular Diseases. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOUTH | 814 | 227 | 142 | 26 | 23 | 266 | 130 | Under 5 | ... | 2 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 126 | 369 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 79 | 127 | 64 | 3 | 19 | 135 | 445 | ||||||||
| NORTH | 1168 | 355 | 164 | 40 | 50 | 362 | 197 | Under 5 | ... | 4 | 18 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 27 | 21 | 60 | ... | 1 | 126 | ... | 35 | 23 | 202 | 519 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 2 | 99 | 209 | 54 | 6 | 21 | 223 | 649 | |||||||||
| EAST | 954 | 245 | 127 | 34 | 40 | 326 | 182 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 16 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 47 | ... | 1 | 70 | 7 | 32 | 18 | 133 | 372 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 115 | 143 | 71 | 4 | l6 | 203 | 582 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2936 | 827 | 433 | 100 | 113 | 954 | 509 | Under 5 | ... | 7 | 48 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 88 | 44 | 140 | 1 | 6 | 274 | 10 | 108 | 60 | 461 | 1260 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... | 38 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 16 | 10 | 293 | 479 | 189 | 13 | 56 | 561 | 1676 | ||||||||
| Grand Total | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | 9 | 55 | 9 | ... | 38 | .. | ... | 6 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 44 | 136 | 11 | 299 | 753 | 199 | 121 | 116 | 1022 | 2936 |
| 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mortality per thousand population at all ages | ... | 0.07 | 0.49 | ... | 0.29 | ... | ... | 0.04 | 00 | 0.05 | 0.69 | 0.34 | 1.20 | 0.08 | 1.31 | 5.83 | 1.54 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 7.91 | 22.74 | |||||||||