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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 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Shewing the Deaths from all causes in the year 1868.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | Total. | |
| Quarter. | Quarter. | Quarter. | Quarter. | ||
| Fever | 9 | 23 | 30 | 34 | 96 |
| Small-pox | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Measles | 24 | 63 | 23 | 10 | 120 |
| Scarlatina | 9 | 6 | 26 | 56 | 97 |
| Dipyheria and Malignant Sore Throat | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Diarrhœa | 12 | 12 | 124 | 10 | 158 |
| Cholera | - | 1 | 9 | - | 10 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 102 |
| Croup | 10 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 42 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| Diseases of the Abdominal Oragans | 24 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 111 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 135 | 118 | 76 | 165 | 494 |
| Phthisis | 76 | 87 | 80 | 85 | 328 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convusions of Infants | 63 | 69 | 59 | 54 | 245 |
| Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus | 42 | 52 | 96 | 59 | 249 |
| Dropsy | 15 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| Cancer | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| Hernia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels | 26 | 28 | 26 | 41 | 121 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 31 | 37 | 30 | 53 | 151 |
| Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 21 | 34 | 40 | 31 | 126 |
| Teething | 11 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 42 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | 45 | 32 | 25 | 40 | 142 |
| Violence, Privation, and Poison | 21 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 81 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 22 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 76 |
| Totals | 648 | 718 | 786 | 800 | 2952 |