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Bethnal Green 1862

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

Published
1863
Pages
38
Tables
14

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14 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    I here append, as I have done before, the returns, month by month, of our mortal enemies—the Epidemics, Consumption, and Diseases of the Lungs:—
    Diseases.JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
  • Page 20
    TABLE I. Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
    METEOROLOGY.DEATHS.
    1862. 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.
    N.E.S.W.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.
  • Page -
    TABLE 2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING DECEMBER 27th, 1862.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.QUARTERS.Total of 1861.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.QUARTERS.Total of 1861.
    Under 5.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.1234Under 5.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.1234
  • Page -
    TABLE 2. DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW, BETIINAL GREEN, IN THE 52 WEEKS, ENDING DECEMBER 27TH, 1862.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.QUARTERS.Total of 1861.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.QUARTERS.Total of 1861.
    Under 5.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.1234Under 5.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.1234
  • Page 21
    TABLE 3. Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1862.
    Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina and Diptheria.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa.Typhus.Total of Epidemics.Percentage to Total Deaths.
  • Page 21
    TABLE 4. Comparative Mortality of Epidemics in London and Bethnal Green.
    Epidemics.Mortality to every 10,000 Persons.
    London.Bethnal Green.
  • Page 22
    TABLE 6. Mean Ages of Gentry, Tradesmen, and Artisans.
    Classes.Nos. of Deaths.Years of Life in 1862.Mean Age at Death.Percentage of each Class to Total Deaths.
    Years.Mths.Wks.Days.Years.
  • Page 22
    TABLE 6. Mean Ages in the Four Sub-Districts.
    Sub-Districts.Nos. of Deaths.Years of Life in 1862.Mean Age at Death.
    Years.Mths.Wks.Days.Years.
  • Page 22
    TABLE 7. Law of Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1862.
    Ages.Numbers Living.Numbers Dying.Death Percentages to Population.
  • Page 23
    TABLE 8. Comparative Mortality, Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in each of the Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending December 27th, 1862.
    Sub-Districts.CAUSES.DEATHS.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Tubercular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.Males.Females.General Total.
  • Page -
    TABLE 9. Occupation of Males, aged 20 years and upwards, whose Deaths were registered in Bethnal Green, during the 52 weeks ending December 27th, 1862.
    OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending December 27th, 1862.OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AGED TWENTY AND UPWARDS.Living in Bethnal Green at the census of 1851.Deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending December 27th, 1862.
    Total.Ages at Death.Total.Ages at Death.
    Aged 20 & upwardsAged 20 & upwards20—40—60—80 and upwards.Aged 20 & upwardsAged 20 & upwards20—40—60—80 and upwards.
  • Page 25
    TABLE 10. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in the Workhouse, Bethnal Green during the 52 Weeks ending December 27th, 1862.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Tubercular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.General Total.
  • Page 26
    TABLE 11. New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor-Law Medical Staff, during the Year 1862.
    Parish or Bethnal Green.Out-Door Districts.Workhouse.Totals.
    12345
  • Page 27
    TABLE 12. Synopsis of Sanitary Works, from March, 26th, 1862, to March 25th, 1863.
    1. ARRANGED IN WARDS.
    Wards.Houses Inspected.Drains ConstructedDrains Trapped.