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Bethnal Green 1858

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

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Table: TABLE2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING JANUARY 1st, 1859.

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TABLE2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING JANUARY 1st, 1859.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	AGES.						Total	QUARTERS.				Total of 1857.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AGES.						Total	QUARTERS.				Total of 1857.
CAUSES OF DEATH.	Under 5	Under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total	1.	2.	3.	4.	Total of 1857.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	Under 5	Under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total	1.	2.	3.	4.	Total of 1857.
I. Zymotic: 709.													Peritonitis	..	1	..	4	..	..	5	1	3	..	1	8
I. Zymotic: 709.													Ascites	..	..	9	2	..	1	5	2	1	1	1	12
Small-pox	11	7	2	..	..	..	20	1	7	5	7	5	Ulceration of Intestines	..	1	..	2	..	..	3	1	..	2	..	3
Measles	83	8	..	..	..	..	91	34	28	17	12	81	Hernia (Rupture)	..	..	..	2	2	..	4	2	..	1	1	1
Scarlatina	130	55	3	..	..	..	188	20	21	74	73	94	Ileus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Whooping Cough	110	4	..	..	..	..	114	39	38	16	21	126	Intussusception	2	..	..	1	4	..	7	1	3	1	2	2
Croup	21	1	..	..	..	..	22	8	5	5	4	31	Stricture of Intestinal Canal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Thrush	7	..	..	..	..	..	7	1	4	..	2	2	Disease of Stomach, &c	..	..	..	2	4	..	6	3	9	1	..	11
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	85	3	4	4	8	..	104	8	14	71	11	132	Disease of Pancreas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dysentery	1	2	1	2	..	..	6	1	1	3	1	3	Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)	..	..	1	2	2	..	5	..	1	3	1	4
Cholera	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	1	..	15	Jaundice	3	..	..	3	3	..	9	3	1	3	2	12
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	Disease of Liver	1	..	3	6	3	..	13	2	4	4	3	15
Seurvy and Purpura	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	..	Disease of Spleen	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	VIII. Kidneys, &c.: 15.
Remittent Fever	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1
Infantile Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Typhus Fever	29	35	9	9	16	4	107	27	19	97	34	105	Nephritis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	2
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	1	9	..	..	..	10	1	..	3	6	6	Nephria (Bright's Disease)	..	..	3	1	..	..	4	..	1	..	..	8
Rheumatic Fever	..	4	3	4	..	..	11	2	3	3	3	9	Ischuria	..	..	..	1	..	..	3	..	9	1	..	..
Erysipelas (Rose	12	1	..	3	2	..	18	4	3	4	7	17	Diabetes	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..
Syphilis	6	..	..	..	..	..	6	2	..	3	1	7	Stone	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Noma (Canker	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Cystitis	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	.2	2
Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Stricture of Urethra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
II. Dropsy, &c. : 66.													Disease of Kidneys. &c	..	1	..	9	1	..	4	..	9	..	9	11
II. Dropsy, &c. : 66.													IX. Childbirth: 11.
Hæmorrhage	..	..	4	2	1	..	7	3	2	1	1	12	IX. Childbirth: 11.
Dropsy	7	3	4	2	7	1	24	7	3	3	11	26	Paramenia	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..
Abscess (Gathering)	3	1	1	..	1	..	6	1	3	1	1	2	Ovarian Dropsy	..	..	1	1	9	..	4	1	2	1	..	3
Uleer	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	I	Childbirth (see Metria)	..	..	4	..	..	..	4	..	..	1	3	4
Fistula	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	Disease of Uterus, &c	..	..	..	9.	..	..	2	..	1	1	..	2
Mortification	4	..	..	..	1	..	7	4	2	..	1	8	X. Joints, Bones, &c.: 5.
Cancer	1	..	2	5	11	..	19	1	7	6	fi	9
Gout	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..
III. Tubercular : 427.													Rheumatism	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
													Arthritis	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..
													Disease of Joints	1	..	3	..	..	..	4.	1	..	9	1	4
Serofula	2	2	..	..	..	..	4	3	1	..	..	..	XI. Skin, Cellular Tissues, &c. : 2
Tabes Mesenteriea	119	6	..	..	..	..	125	14	36	49	26	138
Phthisis (Consumption)	20	33	110	75	17	..	255	57	71	59	68	258
Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain)	43	..	..	..	..	..	43	15	9	12	7	47	Carbuncle	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	1	..	..	1	..
IV. Brain and Nerves : 253.													Phlegmon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV. Brain and Nerves : 253.													Disease of Skin, &c	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
CEphalitis	10	4	3	1	..	..	18	6	6	2	4	16	XII. Malformation : 3.
Apoplexy	..	..	3	6	20	4	33	9	7	8	9	28	Spina Bifida	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Palsy (Paralysis)	1	..	8	14	34	2	59	16	16	13	14	47	Other Malformations	3	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	1	1	1	2
Delirium Tremens	..	..	1	4	..	..	5	1	1	2	l	2	XIII. Premature Birth and Debility : 70	70	..	..	..	..	..	70	22	15	15	18	53
Chorea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epilepsy	3	..	5	4	1	..	13	5	1	4	3	6
Tetanus	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	1	2	XIV. Atrophy: 19.	19	..	..	..	..	..	19	3	2	10	4	14
Insanity	..	1	?,	7	5	..	15	5	1	4	5	7
Convulsions	70	2	..	..	..	..	72	15	29	16	12	81
Disease of Brain, &c.	19	3	5	6	3	..	36	5	10	11	10	19	XV. Old Age. 123.	..	..	..	..	71	52	123	36	37	26	24	116
V. Heart and Blood Vessels : 46.													XVI. Sudden Death : 10.	4	1	..	1	4	..	10	4	3	1	2	5
Periearditis	1	2		I			4			3	1	4	XVII. Violent Death : 81.
Aneurism			1	1			2			1	1	1	XVII. Violent Death : 81.
Disease of Heart. &c	4	9	13	8	11	2	40	11	10	7	1?	26	Intemperance	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	1	..	1	..	4
VI. Lungs and Organs or Respiration : 461.													Privation of Food		..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..
													Want of Breast Milk	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	5
													Neglect	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
													Cold	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	l	..	..	..
Laryngitis	2	1	1	..	1	..	5	..	2	..	3	15	Poison	1	..	..	..	..%	..	1	..	1	..	..	1
Bronchitis	55	3	9	37	48	7	159	69	9,7	9	54	127	Burns and Scalds	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	1	6
Pleurisy	1	2	..	1	..	..	4	2	1	1	..	4	Hanging (Suicide)	..	..	1	1	1	..	4	1	1	1	1	4
Pneumonia	192	8	8	fi	4	..	217	77	45	36	59	191	Suffocation	5	..	..	..	..	..	6	4	1	1		6
Asthma	..	1	?,	9,3	35	..	61	97	10	7	17	65	Drowning	2	..	1	4	1	..	8	1	3	1	3	13
Disease of Lungs	5	3	4	1	9	..	15	5	1	2	7	11	Fractures and Contusions	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	3
VII. Stomach and Digestive Organs : 141.													Wounds	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..
													Other Violent Causes	3	1	..	3	1	..	8	5	..	1	2	12
													Not Specified	17	4	3	9	9	2	44	10	16	9	9	49
Teething	70	..	..	..	..	..	70	21	24	15	10	69
Quinsey	3	1	..	1	..	..	5	1	1	1	2	5
Gastritis		..	..	1	1	..	3	2	..	1	..	1
Enteritis	3	1	..	1	1	..	6	..	4	1	1	10	Totals	1276	212	240	289	343	82	2442	640	581	603	618	2291