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Bethnal Green 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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TABLE III. (continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
3 m to 1 yr.1 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years
CLASS IV.—Developmental Disease. Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
1 Premature Birth53..........................5353
2 Cyanosis32......1................56
3 Spina Bifida32........................55
4 Other Malformations54......1................910
5 Teething..49......................1313
Order 2.—Adults.
1 Paramenia................................
2 Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever)..........345..............12
Order 3.—Old People.
1 Old Age..................156571293..183
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1 Atrophy and Debility9747123..1..• •4421....159171
CLASS V.—Violent Deaths. Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1 Fractures and Contusions..2263..2212..1....1021
2 WoundsGunshot................................
Cut, Stab....1......................11
3 Burns and Scalds..............................
4 Poison1........1......1........13
5 Drowning........21121..1........8
6 Suffocation26201..........1..........4748
7 Otherwise......1....211..11....17
Order 3.—Homicide1..........................11
Order 4.—suicide............12243........12
CLASS VI.
Causes not specified or ill defined..2..1...2..............35

note.
* The Workhouse, Hospital for Diseases of Chest, and Bethnall House Lunatic Asylum are in this District.