Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | Total. | |
Smallpox | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Measles | 19 | 67 | 87 | 19 | 192 |
Scarlatina | 3 | 16 | 41 | 43 | 103 |
Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 |
Whooping Cough | 43 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 101 |
Fever | 5 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 58 |
Diarrhoea | 2 | 135 | 19 | 3 | 159 |
Cholera | - | 11 | 1 | — | 12 |
Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | 8 |
Croup and Laryngitis | 22 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 77 |
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 104 | 91 | 240 | 190 | 625 |
Phthisis | 83 | 66 | 91 | 78 | 318 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels | 29 | 26 | 44 | 33 | 132 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants | 44 | 59 | 52 | 59 | 214 |
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus | 26 | 67 | 41 | 50 | 184 |
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 12 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 85 |
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 48 | 35 | 47 | 47 | 177 |
Diseases of the Liver | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
Dropsy | 15 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 52 |
Cancer | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 |
Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 26 | 36 | 34 | 28 | 124 |
Teething | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 32 |
Old Age and Natural Decay | 47 | 41 | 62 | 61 | 211 |
Violence, Privation, and Poison | 34 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 84 |
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 9 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 46 |
Total | 610 | 804 | 934 | 781 | 3129 |