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]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III. (continued).
| 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 85 | 85 to 95 | 95 and upwards. | Total under 5 years | ||||
| CLASS IV.—Developmental Disease. Order 1.—Diseases of Children. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Premature Birth | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 | 53 | |
| 2 Cyanosis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 Spina Bifida | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | |
| 4 Other Malformations | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | |
| 5 Teething | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 13 | |
| 1 Paramenia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
| 1 Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 65 | 71 | 29 | 3 | .. | 183 | |
| 1 Atrophy and Debility | 97 | 47 | 12 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | • • | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 159 | 171 | |
| CLASS V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Fractures and Contusions | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 21 | |
| 2 Wounds | Gunshot | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cut, Stab | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 Burns and Scalds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 4 Poison | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| 6 Suffocation | 26 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 48 | |
| 7 Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
| 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
| CLASS VI. | |||||||||||||||||
| Causes not specified or ill defined | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | |
note.
* The Workhouse, Hospital for Diseases of Chest, and Bethnall House Lunatic Asylum are in this District.