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Bethnal Green 1857

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

Published
1858
Pages
32
Tables
10

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10 tables in this report

  • Page 22
    Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
    METEOROLOGY.DEATHS.
    1857. Months.Mean Reading of Barometer,Mean Temperature of Air.Mean Dew point Temperature.Relative proportion of Wind.Daily Horizontal Movement of Air.Amount of Rain in Inches.In Bethnal Green.In London.
    Total.Annual percentage of Deaths in Bethnal Green.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.Total.Annual percentage of London Deaths.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.
    N.E.S.W.
  • Page 23 24
    DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 53 WEEKS, ENDING JANUARY 2nd 1858.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.QUARTERS.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.QUARTERS.
    Under 5Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal1.2.3.4.Under 5Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal1.2.3.4.
  • Page 27
    TABLE 3. Sub-District Epidemic Mortality, in 1857.
    Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough.Diarrhœa.Typhus.Total of Epidemics.Percentage to Total Deaths.
  • Page 27
    Comparative Mortality by Epidemics in London, East Districts and Bethnal Green.
    Epidemics.Percentages to Total Deaths.
    London.East Districts.Bethnal Green.
  • Page 28
    TABLE 5. Law of Mortality in Bethnal Green.
    Ages.Numbers Living.Numbers Dying.Death Percentages.
  • Page 29 30
    Occupations of Males, aged 20 years and upwards whose deaths were registered in Bethnal Green, during the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.
    OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.
    TotalAges at Death.TotalAges at Death.
    Aged 20 & upwardsAged 20 & upwards20-40-60-80 and upwardsAged 20 & upwardsAged 20 & upwards20-40-60-80 and upwards
  • Page 33
    Comparative Mortality, Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in each of the Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, during the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.
    Sub-Districts.CAUSES.DEATHS.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Turbcrcular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.Males.Females.General Total.
  • Page 33
    Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in the Workhouse, Bethnal Green, during the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Tubercular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.General Total.
  • Page 34
    New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor-Law Medical Staff, during the year 1857.
    Parish of Bethnal Green.Small Pox.Chicken Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Continued Fever (Typhus & Typhoid)Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyaemia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Acute Pulmonary Inflammations.Croup.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Dehirium Tremens.Insanity.Diptheria.All other Diseases.Total.Deaths.
    Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleurisy.Pneumonia.
  • Page 35
    1. ARRANGED IN WARDS.
    Wards.Houses Inspected.Drains ConstructedDrains Trapped.