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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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE II.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | |
| Smallpox | 17 | 15 | 9 | — | 41 |
| Measles | 21 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 43 |
| Scarlatina | 5 | 3 | 9 | — | 17 |
| Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Fever | 10 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| Diarrhœa | 8 | 117 | 11 | 7 | 143 |
| Cholera | — | 12 | — | — | 12 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 46 | 24 | 27 | 50 | 147 |
| Croup and Laryngitis | 9 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 55 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 85 | 65 | 146 | 170 | 466 |
| Phthisis | 87 | 63 | 62 | 85 | 297 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels | 29 | 20 | 36 | 29 | 114 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants | 57 | 40 | 47 | 61 | 205 |
| Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus | 28 | 67 | 34 | 30 | 159 |
| Diseases of the Abnominal Organs | 25 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 102 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 33 | 37 | 45 | 46 | 161 |
| Hernia | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Dropsy | 11 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 |
| Cancer | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 |
| Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 36 | 44 | 39 | 22 | 141 |
| Teething | 15 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 33 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | 35 | 39 | 31 | 53 | 158 |
| Violence, Privation, and Poison | 19 | 16 | 33 | 28 | 96 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 |
| Totals | 605 | 665 | 637 | 681 | 2588 |