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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| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 3 months. | AGES. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m to 1 yr. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 35 | 85 to 95 | 95 and upwards. | Total under 5 years | ||||
| I. Zymotic Diseases | 37 | 139 | 129 | 166 | 66 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | 471 | 615 | |
| II. Constitutional Diseases | 15 | 77 | 59 | 41 | 25 | 61 | 101 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 1 | .. | 192 | 576 | |
| III. Local Diseases | 98 | 159 | 111 | 87 | 36 | 27 | 52 | 84 | 96 | 156 | 159 | 65 | 6 | .. | 455 | 1136 | |
| IV. Developmental Diseases | 161 | 59 | 21 | 3 | .. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 67 | 72 | 29 | 3 | 244 | 453 | |
| V. Violent Deaths | 28 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 61 | 101 | |
| Not specified or ill defined | • • | 2 | .. | 1 | • • | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 3 | 5 | |
| Totals | 339 | 458 | 324 | 305 | 132 | 107 | 182 | 175 | 176 | 235 | 263 | 151 | 36 | 3 | 1426 | 2886 | |
| CLASS I.—Zymotic Diseases. Order Miasmatic. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Small Pox | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 47 | |
| 2 Measles | 1 | 31 | 51 | 49 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 132 | 142 | |
| 3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | .. | 7 | 14 | 42 | 27 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 | 93 | |
| 4 Diphtheria | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | |
| 5 Quinsy | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 Croup | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 31 | |
| 7 Whooping Cough | 4 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 86 | 89 | |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | |
| Enteric or Typhoid F | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 22 | |
| Simple continued F | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | |
| 9 Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 13 | |
| 10 Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |