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Bethnal Green 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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CAUSES OP DEATH at different periods of life in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, 1938

Cause of DeathAll AgesNumber of Deaths of residents at various ages, whether occurring within or without the Borough
Under 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 35 years35 and under 45 years45 and under 55 years55 and under 65 years65 and under 75 years75 and upwards
All causesM5434575913173361111128114
P509336471716364590107148
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid PeversM................................................
P................................................
2. MeaslesM4112................................
P211....................................
3. Scarlet PeverM................................................
P2............1............1............
4. Whooping CoughM................................................
P2....2....................................
5. DiphtheriaM3........12............................
P2........2................................
6. InPluenzaM2................................2........
P1........................................1
7. Encephalitis LethargicaM................................................
P................................................
8. Cerebro-Spinal PeverM1....1....................................
P................................................
9. Tuberculosis oP respiratory systemM46........1....35101494....
P221............84341....1
10. Other Tuberculous DiseasesM61........21............2........
P6....1....12....11............
11. SyphilisM21................1....................
P31................1....1............
12. General Paralysis oP the Insane, tabes dorsalisM................................................
P1........................1................
13. Cancer, malignant diseaseM85................22810203112
P73................14109261211
14. DiabetesM3............................3............
P13........................11452
15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc.M11............................2....27
P18....................1....1457
16. Heart DiseaseM160............1....117355065
P176............243610214783
17. AneurysmM5............1............121....
P2............................11........
18. Other Circulatory DiseasesM17............................1394
P28............................410410
19. BronchitisM14........................18451
P91........................1142
20. Pneumonia (all Porms)M4963........1....2515125
P29721............13465
21. Other respiratory DiseasesM2................1........1............
P6............1....2........1i1
22. Peptic UlcerM12....................121521
P4............................1....12
28. Diarrhœa, etcM20181........................1........
P1110............1........................
24. AppendicitisM4................11....1....1....
P5............1....11....2........
25. Cirrhosis oP LiverM................................................
P................................................
26. Other Diseases oP Liver, etcM................................................
P4................1............111
27. Other Digestive DiseasesM13211....111....213
P121....................11144
28. Acute and Chronic NephritisM13................1....423....3
P15........................1....374
29. Puerperal SepsisP1........................1................
30. Other Puerperal CausesP1........................1................
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, MalPormations, etcM1414........................................
P99........................................
82. SenilityM5....................................14
P5........................................5
33. SuicideM9....................1....2321
P4........................1111....
84. Other ViolenceM15............1........34223
P141............................346
35. Other DePined DiseasesM282........22414355
P291....11........75653
86. Causes ill-dePined or unknownM................................................
P................................................
Totals10527813916303369106201235262