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Bethnal Green 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
SANITARY STATISTICS
and
PROCEEDINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1872.
THOMAS SARVIS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
LONDON: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE VESTRY,
by
J. S. Forsaith & Sons, 329, Bethxal Green Road.
1872.
TABLE III.
| 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. | |
| Smallpox | 29 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 41 |
| Measles | 40 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 |
| Scarlatina | 13 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Fever | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -44 |
| Diarrhœa | 130 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 143 |
| Cholera | 10 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 9 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 143 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 147 |
| Croup and Laryngitis | 45 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 55 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 232 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 42 | 466 |
| Phthisis | 19 | 10 | 35 | 88 | 62 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 297 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 16 |
| Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 114 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants | 205 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 205 |
| Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus | 153 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 159 |
| Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 19 | — | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 102 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | — | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 28 | 44 | 25 | 161 |
| Hernia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Dropsy | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 45 | |
| Cancer | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
| Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto | — | — | — | 12 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 141 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 141 |
| Teething | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | 144 | 158 |
| Violence, Privation, and poison | 59 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 96 |
| Other Diseases, chielly Chronic | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 33 |
| Total | 1313 | 78 | 74 | 151 | 171 | 178 | 177 | 193 | 253 | 2588 |