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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Bethnal Green 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 ok Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under I year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 Smallpox. | 1 Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Other Tubercular Diseases. | I Bronchitis, Pneu-! monia it Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NORTH | 1101 | 373 | 197 | 27 | 32 | 298 | 174 | Under 5 | ... | 5 | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 40 | 41 | 47 | ... | 6 | 38 | 123 | 6 | 29 | 217 | 572 |
| 5upwds. | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 99 | 2 | 132 | 64 | 16 | 166 | 529 | ||||||||
| Total | ... | 6 | 18 | 4 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 42 | 44 | 52 | 4 | 105 | 40 | 275 | 70 | 45 | 383 | i ioi | ||||||||
| SOUTH | 837 | 265 | 180 | 35 | 24 | 240 | 93 | Under 5 | ... | 3 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 58 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 93 | 3 | 18 | 136 | 445 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 0 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 109 | 34 | 19 | 131 | 392 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 72 | 47 | :o2 | 37 | 37 | 267 | 837 | |||||||||||||
| EAST | 880 | 243 | 166 | 36 | 38 | 252 | 145 | Under 5 | ... | 2 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 41 | 23 | 43 | ... | 2 | 25 | 96 | 4 | T5 | 142 | 409 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 0 | 7 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 85 | 6 | 102 | 63 | 13 | 169 | 471 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 51 | 2 | 87 | 3' | 198 | 67 | 28 | 3" | 880 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous resi- dence not known | 54 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 27 | 22 | U nder 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | 10 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | 11 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 54 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2872 | 884 | 543 | 98 | 96 | 817 | 434 | Under 5 | ... | 10 | 42 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 139 | 104 | 125 | 1 | 9 | 104 | 313 | 13 | 62 | 497 | 1429 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 15 | 2 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 263 | 14 | 373 | 174 | 49 | 482 | 1443 | ||||||||
| Grand Total | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 57 | 7 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 9 | 151 | 110 | 143 | 11 | 272 | 118 | 686 | 187 | 111 | 979 | 2872 |
| Mortality per thousand population at all ages | ... | 0.49 | ... | 0.13 | ... | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.06 | 1.17 | 0.55 | 1.10 | 0.08 | 2.10 | 0.91 | 5.31 | 1.45 | o.85 | 7.58 | 22.23 | ||||||||||