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Bethnal Green 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Parish of St. MAtthew, Bethnal Green,
in the county of middlesex.
ACCOUNT IN ABSTRACT
of
RECEIPT & EXPENDITURE
For the Year ending 25th March, 1876.
together with
A Summary Statement of all Contracts enfered into,
and of
MONEYS DUE TO, AND DEBTS OWING BY, THE VESTRY ON THAT DAY;
also, the
TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT BY VESTRY,
with a list of its several
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.
LONDON:
FORSAITH BROTHERS, PRINTERS, 329, BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, E.
1876.
TABLE I.
Return of total Births and Deaths, and Deaths from some Zymotic and other causes, for the year ending April 1, 1876.
| Quarter ending : | Total Births during the Quarter. | Total Deaths during the Quarter. | THE DEATHS REGISTERED INCLUDE : | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEATHS OF | DEATHS FROM | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||
| Infants under 1 year of age. | Persons aged 60 years and upwards. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Cholera. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||
| July 3, 1875 | 1276 | 707 | 197 | 109 | .. | 28 | 18 | 3 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 75 | 94 |
| October 2, 1875 | 1217 | 754 | 258 | 95 | 1 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 86 | 23 | 51 | 74 |
| January 1, 1876 | 1341 | 750 | 191 | 148 | .. | 13 | 55 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 75 | 113 |
| April 1, 1876 | 1421 | 809 | 232 | 165 | .. | 4 | 21 | 5 | 72 | 15 | .. | 4 | 37 | 86 | 129 |
| Total | 5255 | 3020 | 878 | 517 | 1 | 90 | 127 | 14 | 184 | 51 | 12 | 119 | 112 | 287 | 410 |