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 1926
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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1year | 1and under2years | 2 and under5years | 5 and under15 years | 15 and under 25years | 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 theHeart and Langs | Bethnal Green Hospital(Poor Law) | Waterloo House(Poor Law) | Total Institutional Deaths | ||
| All causes— | ||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 1393 | 178 | 56 | 34 | 48 | 164 | 359 | 483 | 142 | 49 | 84 | 471 | 120 | 866 | ||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 1. Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3. Measles | 37 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 18 | |
| 4. Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| 6. Diphtheria & Croup | 21 | .. | 1 | 1 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| 7. Influenza | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| 8. Erysipelas | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||||
| 9. Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 121 | 2 | .. | .. | 39 | 8 | 7 | .. | 25 | .. | ||||||
| 10. Tuberculous | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .. | |||||||||
| 11. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | ||||||||
| 12. Cancer, malignant disease | 141 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | 63 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 2 | 79 | |
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 14. Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||||||
| 15. Organic Heart Disease | 186 | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 112 | .. | |||||||
| 16. Bronchitis | 164 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
| 17. Pneumonia (all forms) | 122 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 75 | ||
| 18. Other diseases of respiratory organs | 23 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | 13 | |||
| 19. Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 41 | 34 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 4 | .. | 27 | .. | 59 | ||
| 20. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 2.. | 7 | ||||
| 21. Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 21a. Alcoholism.. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 22. Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 23 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 23. Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 24. Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 25. Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 68 | 68 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 5 | .. | 17 | 44 | |||
| 26. Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .. | 18 | ||
| 27. Suicide | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | ||
| 28. Other Defined Diseases | 325 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 99 | 143 | 26 | 12 | 19 | 84 | 25 | 166 | |
| 29. Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 1393 | 178 | 56 | 34 | 48 | 71 | 164 | 359 | 483 | 142 | 49 | 84 | 471 | 120 | 866 | |