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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 1873
[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 |