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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE 11.
| Parish or Bethnal Green. | Out-Door Districts. | Workhouse. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Small Pox | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 20 | .. | 61 |
| Chicken Pox | 5 | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 13 |
| Measles | 51 | 56 | 81 | 160 | 166 | 30 | 544 |
| Scarlatina | 21 | 37 | 54 | 45 | 62 | 1 | 220 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 30 | 19 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 157 |
| Croup | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| Diarrhœa | 64 | 79 | 97 | 103 | 100 | 45 | 488 |
| Dysentery | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 12 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | 66 | 245 | 91 | 122 | 142 | 269 | 935 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | 15 | .. | 14 | 1 | 33 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 60 |
| Delirium Tremens | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 9 |
| Insanity | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 80 |
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 253 | 97 | 190 | 99 | 149 | 13 | 801 |
| Diptheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pleurisy | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | .. | 37 |
| Pneumonia | 26 | 7 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 119 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Carbuncle | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| All other Diseases | 546 | 597 | 665 | 618 | 735 | 450 | 3611 |
| 720 | 825 | 734 | 907 | 703 | 1371 | 5260 | |
| Total | 1266 | 1422 | 1399 | 1525 | 1438 | 1821 | 8871 |
| Deaths | .. | .. | 82 | 74 | 69 | 237 | 462 |