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 3.
Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina and Diptheria. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total of Epidemics. | Percentage to Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hackney-road | 2 | 48 | 56 | 24 | 18 | 43 | 191 | 27.19 |
Green | 4 | 47 | 61 | 35 | 25 | 49 | 221 | |
Church | 4 | 35 | 51 | 18 | 12 | 40 | 160 | |
Town | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 118 | |
Totals | 16 | 167 | 192 | 88 | 71 | 156 | 690 |
TABLE 4.
Epidemics. | Mortality to every 10,000 Persons. | |
---|---|---|
London. | Bethnal Green. | |
Small Pox | 1.2 | 1.5 |
Measles | 7.9 | 15.6 |
Scarlatina and Diptheria | 14.6 | 18.0 |
Whooping Cough | 7.5 | 8.2 |
Diarrhœa | 6.6 | 6.6 |
Typhus | 12.7 | 14.6 |