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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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Table: TABLE 1. Deaths Registered in the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the 13 Weeks ending March 28th, 1857.

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TABLE 1. Deaths Registered in the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the 13 Weeks ending March 28th, 1857.

Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.	Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total
Causes of Death.	Under 5	Under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.	Causes of Death.	Under 5	Under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total
								Totals brought forward..	225	27	46	81	60	7	446
I. Zymotic Class :								VII. Digestive Organs :
Small-pox	I	..	..	..	..	..	1	Teething	18	..	..	..	..	..	18
Measles	5	..	..	..	..	..	5	Quinsy	1	..	..	..	..	..	2
Scarlatina	13	1	..	..	..	..	14	Gastritis
Hooping Cough.	40	..	..	..	..	..	40	Enteritis	1	..	..	..	1	..	2
Croup	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Peritonitis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Thrush	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	Ascites	..	..	..	2	2	..	4
Diarrhœ (Bowel Complaint)	3	..	1	2	1	..	7	Ulceration of Intestines	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Dysentery								Hernia (Rupture)
Cholera								Ileus
Influenza								Intussusception
Purpura; Scurvy								Stricture of Intestinal Canal
Ague								Disease of Stomach, &c	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Remittent Fever	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	Disease of Pancreas
Infantile Fever							1	Hepatitis
Tyhus	7	4	4	3	2	..	20	Jaundice	2	..	..	..	1	..	3
Metria							20	Disease of Liver	..	..	..	3	2	..	5
Rheumatic Fever	..	2	1	..	..		3	Disease of Spleen
Erysipelas	4	..	..	..	1	..	5	VIII. Kidneys, &c. :
Sypbils	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	VIII. Kidneys, &c. :
Noma								Nephritis	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Hydrophobia								Nephria (Bright's Disease)	..	..	1	2	..	..	3
								Ischuria
								Diabetes
II. Dropsy, &c.								Stone
Hæmorrhage	2	1	I	2	2	..	8	Cystitis	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Dropsy	2	..	..	2,	2	1	7
Abscess	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	Disease of Kidneys, &c	..	2	..	3	1	..	6
Ulcer								Disease of Kidneys, &c	..	2	..	3	1	..	6
Fistula								IX. Childbirth :
Mortification	2	..	l	..	1	..	4	Paramenia
Cancer	..	..	..	1	2	..	3	Ovarian Dropsy	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Gout								Childbirth (see Metria)
								Disease of Uterus, &c	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
III. Tubercular Class:								X. Joints, Bones, &c. :
Scrofula								Arthritis
Tabes Mesenterica	31	..	1	..	..	..	32	Rheumatism
Phthisis (Consumption)	6	12	25	20	1	..	64	Disease of Joints, &c
Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain)	9	1	..	..	..	•.	10	XI. Skin, Cellular, Tissue, &c.:
								Carbuncle
IV. Brain, Nerves, &c.:								Phlegmon
Cephalitis	6	..	..	..	..	..	6	Disease of Skin, &c
Apoplexy	1	..	1	2	5	..	9	XII. Malformation :
Paralysis	..	..	..	5	6	1	12	XII. Malformation :
Delirium Tremens								Spina Bifida
Chorea								Other Malformations	3	..	..	..	..	••	3
Epilepsy	1	..	..	..	2	..	3	Other Malformations	3	..	..	..	..	••	3
Tetanus								XIII. Premature Birth and Debility .
Insanity	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	XIII. Premature Birth and Debility .	19	..	..	..	..	..	19
Convulsions	21	..	..	..	..	..	21	XIV. Atrophy :	4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Disease of Brain, &c.	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	XIV. Atrophy :	4	..	..	..	..	..	..
								XV. Age:	..	..	..	..	31	11	42
Y. Heart and Blood Vessels :								XVI. Sudden Death :	1	1	..	1	..	..	3
Pericarditis	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	XVII. Violence, Privation, &c.:
Aneurism								Intemperance	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Disease of Heart, &c.	1	1	2	3	1	..	8	Privation of Food
					1			Want of Breast Milk	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
								Neglect
VI. Respiratory Organs :								Cold
Laryngitis	3	1	1	1	..	..	6	Poison
Bronchitis	10	1	5	19	21	3	59	Burns and Scalds	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Pleurisy	1	..		..	..		1	Hanging,	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Pneumonia	48	1	..	5	2		56	Suffocation,	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Asthma	48	..	i	15	8	2	26	Drowning	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Disease of Lungs, &c	2	1	1	..	1	..	5	Fractures and Contusions	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
								Wounds
								Other Violence	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
								Not Specified.	9	1	..	1	4	..	15
Totals carried forward	225	27	46	81	60	7	446	Totals	288	33	47	101	105	19	593