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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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Table: TABLE III.Shewing the Deaths from all Causes, at different Ages, during the Year ending March , 1871.

TABLE III.

Shewing the Deaths from all Causes, at different Ages, during the Year ending March , 1871.

CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS OF PERSONS OF THE AGES
Under 5 years.5 and under 10.10 and under 20.20 and under 30.30 and under 40.40 and under 50.50 and under 60.60 and under 70.70 and upwards.Total of all Ages.
Fever151614115646-77
Small Pox17047151082---259.
Measles3431------38
Scarlatina8117351----107
Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat2--------2
Diarrhoea146---11259164
Cholera9--------9
Dysentery2--------2
Whooping Cough642-------66
Croup424-1----47
Erysipelas15-1-91423
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs234471110149183
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia242151159332456746486
Phthisis1452586745544201324
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants226--------226
Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus203--------203
Dropsy1421-46169658
Cancer----6977130
Hernia--------24.
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels2419209294.90191 99
Apoplexy, Paralvsis, and other Diseases of the Brain-1561226283035152
Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto--216723--31
Premature Birth, and Debility from Birthii8--------11s
Teething24--------01
Old Age and Natural Decay------219114.1 35
Violence, Privation, and Poison343224443258
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic2644332344.53
Totals1506127891601821791972102442894