London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter. | Total.. | |
| Fever | 14 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 77 |
| Small Pox | 9 | 29 | 67 | 147 | 252 |
| Measles | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 38 |
| Scarlatina ................................................ | 16 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 107 |
| Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | 11 | 132 | 13 | 8 | 164 |
| Cholera | - | 8 | _ | 9 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | _ | 2 |
| \V hooping Cough | 19 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 66 |
| Croup | 10 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 47 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 11 | 3 | 23 | |
| Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 22 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 83 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 88 | 54 | 162 | 182 | 486 |
| Phthisis | 91 | 80 | 75 | 78 | 324 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants | 59 | 48 | 44 | 75 | 226 |
| Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus | 53 | 79 | 39 | 32 | 203 |
| Dropsy | 17 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 58 |
| Cancer | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| Hernia | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels | 30 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 122 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 43 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 152 |
| Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| Premature Birth, and Debility from Birth | 33 | 39 | 26 | 20 | 118 |
| Teethinsr | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | 25 | 30 | 32 | 48 | 135 |
| Violence, Privation, and Poison | 11 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 58 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 3 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 53 |
| Totals | 588 | 721 | 735 | 850 | 2894 |