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.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS OF PERSONS OF THE AGES:— | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 5 years. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 20. | 20 and under 30. | 30 and under 40. | 40 and under 50. | 50 and under 60. | 60 and under 70. | 70 and upwards. | Total of all ages. | |
Fever | 35 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 137 |
Small Pox | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 16 |
Measles | 168 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 174 |
Scarlatina | 111 | 24 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 138 |
Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Diarrhœa | 115 | .. | .. | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 131 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 116 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 117 |
Croup | 39 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 |
Erysipelas | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 20 |
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 85 |
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 336 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 63 | 82 | 50 | 615 |
Phthisis | 15 | 9 | 31 | 84 | 60 | 45 | 26 | 13 | .. | 283 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants | 241 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 241 |
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus | 150 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 151 |
Dropsy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 47 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
Hernia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diseases of the Heart and large blood Vessels | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 109 |
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | .. | 11 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 41 | 35 | 156 |
Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 75 |
Teething | 78 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | 78 |
Old Age and Natural Decay | 39 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | 151 | 209 |
Violence, Privation, and Poison | 48 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 90 |
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 79 |
Totals | 1653 | 110 | 89 | 150 | 163 | 185 | 176 | 251 | 283 | 3050 |