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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 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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SHEWING THE CAUSES OF DEATH JOB EACH DISTRICT AND QUARTER.
| CAUSES OF DEATH IN DISTRICTS. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat. | Diarrhœa. | Cholera. | Dysentery. | Whooping Cough. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Diseases of the Abdominal | Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia. | Phthisis. | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants. | Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus. | Dropsy. | Cancer. | Hernia. | Disease of the Heart and large Blood Vessels. | Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain. | Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto. | Premature Birth and Debility from Birth. | Teething. | Old Age and Natural Decay. | Violence, Privation, and Poison. | Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney Road.—1st Quarter | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 184 | |
| Church | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 2 | .. | 2 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 154 | |
| Town | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 1 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 118 | ||||
| Green | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 3 | 2 | .. | 69 | 62 | 21 | 6 | 6 | .. | 17 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 340 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 77 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 195 | 87 | 70 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 55 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 796 | 796 | |
| Hackney Road.—2nd Quarter | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 22 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 131 | |
| Church | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 15 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 103 | ||||||||
| Town | 6 | 9 | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 16 | 8 | 9 | 14 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 104 | ||||
| Green | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | 30 | 50 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | .. | 13 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 261 | |
| Totals | 22 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .. | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 78 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 599 | 599 |
| Hackney Road.—3rd Quarter | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 19 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 15 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 137 | ||
| Church | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 20 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 127 | |||
| Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | .. | .. | 3 | • • | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 103 | ||
| Green | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 2 | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 4 | .. | 9 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 299 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 96 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 58 | 84 | 54 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 666 | 666 | |
| Hackney Road.—4th Quarter | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 8 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 155 | ||
| Church | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 8 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 117 | |||
| Town | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 34 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 102 | ||||
| Green | 10 | 6 | 11 | 4 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | 67 | 42 | 19 | 29 | 2 | .. | 13 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 341 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | .. | 13 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 175 | 77 | 57 | 60 | 9 | .. | 28 | 35 | 11 | 36 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 715 | 715 | |
| Total | 2776 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||