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Bethnal Green 1867

[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 Year 1867.

DEATHS OF PERSONS OF THE AGES:—
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 age.
Fever9141411108713288
Small Pox498242........65
Measles415..............46
Scarlatina354....1........40
Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat9........1......10
Diarrhœa114222132..3129
Cholera41..1....1....7
Dysentery....................
Whooping Cough1194..............123
Croup392..............41
Erysipelas31....1311212
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs181426171316784
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia26697172242407244519
Phthisis973489755633221326
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants226132............241
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus2032..............205
Dropsy4......5798639
Cancer2......210135234
Hernia................33
Disease of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels65810131017181299
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain....8121822243738159
Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto....311102..2..28
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth131................131
Teething43................48
Old Age and Natural Decay............621113140
Violence, Privation, and Poison509438751390
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic301444746969
Totals141588921661781951752222452776