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 1927
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CAUSES OF DEATH at different periods of life in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green during 1927.
| Causes of Death. | No. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all causes | 1339 | M | 717 | 74 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 33 | 86 | 233 | 136 | 93 |
| i. Enteric Fever | F | 622 | 62 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 66 | 171 | 111 | 119 | |
| 1 | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Smallpox | F | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3. Measles | F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3 | M | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4. Scarlet Fever | F | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4 | M | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5. Whooping Cough | F | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 27 | M | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| F | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 16 | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 7. Influenza | F | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| 50 | M | 30 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | |
| 8. Encephalitis Lethargica | F | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 7 | .. | 4 | |
| 4 | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| 9. Meningococcal Meningitis | F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
| 5 | M | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 10. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | F | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 115 | M | 76 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 1 | |
| 11. Other Tuberculous diseases | F | 39 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .. | |
| 17 | M | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| 12. Cancer, malignant disease | F | 10 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| 152 | M | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 44 | 20 | 7 | |
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | F | 72 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 5 | M | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 14. Diabetes | F | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| 18 | M | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | |||
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | F | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 41 | M | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |||
| F | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 16. Heart Disease | 245 | M | 117 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 40 | 38 | 32 | ||
| F | 128 | .. | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 45 | ||||
| 17. Arterio Sclerosis | 46 | M | 24 I | ,. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | |
| F | 22 | ,. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 18. Bronchitis | 96 | M | 53 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 26 | 14 | 10 | |
| F | 43 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 19. Pneumonia (all forms) | 132 | M | 79 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| F | 53 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 20. Other respiratory diseases | 13 | M | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | |
| F | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| 21. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 14 | M | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | ||
| F | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | ||||
| 22. Diarrhoea, &c. | 27 | M | 13 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| F | 14 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| 23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 8 | M | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | ||
| F | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||
| 24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
| 25. Acute and chronic nephritis | 40 | M | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | ||
| F | 21 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 14 | 4 | .. | ||||
| 26. Puerperal Sepsis | .. | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 27. Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 4 | F | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 28. Congen. Debility and malformation, premature birth.. | M | 24 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 44 | F | 20 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 29. Suicide | 13 | M | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | ||
| F | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 30. Other deaths from violence | 39 | M | 24 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | |
| F | 15 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31. Other defined diseases | 156 | M | 85 | 5 | 2 | .. | 8 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
| .. | F | 71 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 11 | |
| 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . |