Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE 7. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in the Workhouse, Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1859.
Zymotic or Epidemic Class. | Tubercular Class. | Brain, | Heart, &c. | Respiratory Organs. | Digestive Organs. | Violence, | All other Diseases. | General Total. | |
33 | 58 | 29 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 54 | 215 | ||
AGES. | |||||||||
—1 | 1—5 | 5—10 | 10—20 | 20—40 | 40—60 | 60—80 | 80-100 | Over 100 | General Total. |
19 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 215 |
Ages. | Numbers Living. | Numbers Dying. | Death Percentages. | Death Percentages, in 1857. |
---|---|---|---|---|
0— 5 | 15431 | 1276 | 8.268 | 8.357 |
5— 10 | 13090 | 144 | 1.100 | 0.740 |
10— 20 | 20908 | 68 | 0.325 | 0.341 |
20— 40 | 32296 | 240 | 0.743 | 0.679 |
40— 60 | 17245 | 289 | 1.675 | 1.644 |
60— 80 | 5404 | 343 | 6.347 | 5.720 |
80—100 | 380 | 82 | 21.578 | 17.741 |
Above 100 | 1 | 1 | .... | .... |