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Bethnal Green 1862

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

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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
Small Pox212..1....11215
Measles....246821342839214
Scarlatina711111237112624313118
Whooping Cough12126596283889
Diarrhœa22..11262420832
Typhus1071541615131417191511
Consumption331515232521231717301124
Organs of Respiration523241393727142926226042
Totals118809288988690153136159150115

Their total amount is 1365, and they killed 1 out of every
78 of the population of Bethnal Green.
Teething, which forms one of the Causes of Death in the
Class of "Stomach and Digestive Organs," carried off 61
Infants; Quinsey, Gastric Inflammation, Rupture, and
Jaundice destroyed 8 more; 10 persons succumbed to Diseases
of the Stomach, 27 to Affections of the Liver, and 13
to those of the Intestinal Canal.
In the Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, which comprehend the
Diseases of the Kidneys, Childbirth, Joints, Bones, Skin,
Cellular Tissue, and Malformation, there died respectively
18 in No. 8; 14 in No. 9; 14 in No. 10; 3 in No. 11; and
5 in No. 12. One death therein—that of our late Inspector,
Mr. Cornwell—from Carbuncle, has occasioned much and
very sincere regret. He was ever faithful in the path of
duty, and conscientious in all he did. Though he suffered
much, he died full of hope, and his last words were—"All
is Pcace."
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