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Bethnal Green 1858

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

Published
1859
Pages
30
Tables
13

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13 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    The following was the Sub-District distribution of the births, and the number to each 1000 of their population:—
    Sub-Districts.Births.Ratio to 1000 living.
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 20
    TABLE 1. Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
    METEOROLOGY.DEATHS.
    1858. 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 21 22
    TABLE2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING JANUARY 1st, 1859.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.TotalQUARTERS.Total of 1857.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.TotalQUARTERS.Total of 1857.
    Under 5Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above1.2.3.4.Under 5Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above1.2.3.4.
  • Page 25
    TABLE 3. Mean Ages of Gentry, Tradesmen, and Artizans.
    Classes.Nos. of Deaths.Years of Life.Mean Age at Death.Percentage of each Class to Total Deaths.
  • Page 25
    TABLE 4. Mean Ages in the 4 Sub-districts.
    Sub-Districts.Nos. of Deaths.Tears of Life.Mean Age at Death.
  • Page 26
    TABLE 5. Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1858.
    Sub-Districts of Betlnal Green.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Whooping. Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total of Epidemics.Percentage to Total Deaths.
  • Page 26
    TABLE 6. Comparative Mortality by Epidemics in London, East Districts, and Bethnal Green.
    Epidemics.Percentages to Total Deaths.
    London.East Districts.Bethnal Green.
  • Page 27
    TABLE 7. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in the Workhouse, Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1859.
  • Page 27
    TABLE 8. Mortality at 8 Ages.
    Ages.Numbers Living.Numbers Dying.Death Percentages.Death Percentages, in 1857.
  • Page 28
    TABLE 9. Comparative Mortality, Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in each of the Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1859.
    ]Sub-Districts.CAUSES.DEATHS.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Tubercular Class.Brain, .Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.V iolence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.Males.Females.General Total.
  • Page 29
    TABLE 10. Occupations of Males, aged 20 years and upwards, whose Deaths were registered in Bethnal Green during the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1859.
    OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1859.OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1859.
    TotalAges at Death.TotalAges at Death.
    Aged 20 & upwards.Aged 20 & upwards20-40-60-80 and upwardsAged 20 & upwards.Aged 20 ' & upwards20-40-60-80 and upwards
  • Page 31
    TABLE 11. New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor-Law Medical Staff, during the year 1858.
    Parish of Bethnal Green.Small Pox.Chicken Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Continued Fever (Typhus & Typhoid)Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyæmia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Acnte Pulmonary Inflamations.Croup.Eheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Insanity.Diptheria.All other Diseases.Total.Deaths.
    Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleurisy.Pneumonia.
  • Page 32
    TABLE 12. Synopsis of Sanitary Works, from March 26th, 1858, to March 25th, 1859.
    Wards.Houses Inspected.Drains ConstructedDrains Trapped.