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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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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE IV.

Table: Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 deaths, 1899.

Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 deaths, 1899.

DIVISION I. (All Ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population (all ages).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages).
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases4023.12136.9
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis)7535.83256.5
3. Tubercular Diseases (including Pulmonary Phthisis)4203.25143.1
DIVISION II. (Young Children under 5 years of ages).Deaths.Deaths per 1000 Young Children.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths of Young Children.
4, Zymotic Diseases33618.66266.7
5. Pulmonary Diseases27415.22217.5
6. Tubercular Diseases1146.3390.4

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NOTES.
1 and 4. Includes: Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Fever and Diarrhoea.
2 and 5. Includes: Pleurisy, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Asthma, and other non-
Tubercular Lung Diseases.
3 and 6. Includes: Phthisis, Tubercular Diseases of Bones and Joints, and
Tabes Mesenterica.