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Bethnal Green 1897

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

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Table: K23 (A).TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Bethnal Creen Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

K23 (A).

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Bethnal Creen Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths ofChildren under Five Years op Age.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 andunder 15.15 andunder 2525 and under 6565 & upwards.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Puerperal.
North, Sub-District707300133201716376Under 5310 2......2............451937...4106219186433
5 upwds.2......2...2...13...615983252879276
South, Sub-District549218102222014146Under 5...52............1...171640...3634...23146320
5 upwds.141............1...212239613641064229
East, Sub-District630233114133014199Under 53123............1...361239......611110168347
5 upwds.21......5...2......2...51386834316106283
Workhouse5174016414231212Under 5...........................33131...91......2656
5 upwds............1..................3179156419169461
Bethnal H. Asylum3700012115Under 5.........................................................
5 upwds........................................311521637
Mildmay Hospital25045385Undor5...................................................314
5 upwds.............1........................314......1221
Victoria Pk. Hosp.8402513622Under 5.......................................2...............2
5 upwds.......................................45218...11682
Totals.....................Under 56275...2......9101501291923981555271162
5 upwds57119414711652663821639464621389
Grand Total ...2551791371699876745511346111...434108511456275621171101019892551
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.3583675362215336Under 51 137.....................2211117......831111
5 upwds.210......61...1...............21213239114247
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto1481317159319Under 5....................................19.51......615
5 upwds........................................421823......50133