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Bethnal Green 1865

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

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TABLE 3.

Shewing the Deaths from all Causes, at different Ages, during the Tear 1865.

CAUSES OF DEATH.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.
Fever23191715111110106122
Small Pox326..1..........39
Measles243..............27
Scarlatina9838531........145
Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat54..1....1....11
Diarrhœa11911..11135132
Cholera8....1..1......10
Dysentery1............1..2
Whooping Cough1142........1....117
Croup3471............42
Erysipelas5..1......32112
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs15877613178485
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia20610491836607755475
Phthisis1753295775941172345
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants2243..............227
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus18641............191
Dropsy8221216961056
Cancer....1..332318
Hernia1................1
Diseases of the Heart and large Blood Vessels458514162011891
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain..38101129363935171
Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto....29922....24
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth101................101
Teething49................49
Old Age and Natural Decay..........2319120144
Violence. Privations, and Poison4734326104483
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic2973......55150
Totals1350130971601551982222042542770