Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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Causes of Death | Number of Deaths of residents at various ages, whether occurring within or without the Borough | Deaths in various institutions in the Borough whether residents or non-residents | |||||||||||||
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All Ages | Under 1year | 1 andunder2years | 2 and under 5years | 5 and under15 years | 15 and under25 years | 25 and under45 years | 45 and under65 years | 65 and upwards | Queen's Hospital for Children | Mildmay Mission Hospital | City of LondonHospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs | Bethnal Green Hospital (Poor Law) | Waterloo House (Poor Law) | Total Institutional Deaths | |
ALL causes- Certified | 1437 | 212 | 60 | 50 | 46 | 62 | 129 | 424 | 454 | 179 | 38 | 92 | 508 | 70 | 887 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
1. Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
3. Measles | 12 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | |
4. Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Whooping Cough | 61 | 30 | 20 | 10 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 20 |
6. Diphtheria & Croup | 19 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
7. Influenza | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 9 |
8. Erysipelas | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
9. Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 121 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 22 | 41 | 46 | 8 | 3 | .. | 33 | 47 | .. | 83 |
10. Tuberculous Meningitis | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 22 | |
11. Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 7 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 |
12. Cancer, malignant disease | 145 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 71 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 58 | .. | 66 | |
13. Rheumatic Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
14 Meningitis | 10 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | |
15. Organic Heart Disease | 224 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 117 | l | 15 | 91 | 29 | 138 | |
16 Bronchitis | 156 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 10 | 77 | ||
17. Pneumonia (all forms) | 125 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 86 |
18. Other diseases of respiratory organs | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 6 | ||
19. Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 61 | 55 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | 4 | .. | 39 | .. | 76 | |
20. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
21. Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
21a. Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
22. Nephritis and Bright's Disease. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .. | 16 |
23. Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
24. Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
25. Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 56 | 54 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 1 | .. | 20 | 3 | 47 | |
26. Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 31 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 10 | ||||
27. Suicide | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
28. Other Defined Diseases | 284 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 82 | 149 | 35 | 20 | 94 | 20 | 182 | ||
29. Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Total | 1437 | 212 | 60 | 50 | 46 | 62 | 129 | 424 | 454 | 179 | 38 | 92 | 508 | 70 | 887 |