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Bethnal Green 1878

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

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE III.

DEATHS REGISTERED AT SEVERAL GROUPS OF AGES FROM DIFFERENT CAUSES DURING THE YEAR 16

78.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
3mo. to I yr.1 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 95 to andup-95 wardsTotal under 5 years
CLASSES.
I. Zymotic Diseases331231561285416101061533• •..440557
II. Constitutional Diseases1368572816788510580512041..166606
III. Local Diseases1261811469944295787117158151759..5521279
IV. Developmental Diseases166461931410149576918..234407
V. Violent Deaths271721467554552..4790
Not specified or ill defined31• •..2..• •..13• •2....412
Totals36843638025912113316920821324023615830..14432951
CLASS I.— Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic[522]331231561285416101061533....440557
1Small Pox13335221..1..1....1022
2Measles..1324193..................5659
3Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)..313252511..............4168
4Diphtheria..1381..................1214
5Quinsy......2....................22
6Croup..34112................1821
7Whooping Cough95578437..................185192
8Tvphus Fever....?,3..................25
Enteric or Typhoid F....14364....4........526
Simple continued F......41..................45
9Erysipelas21..1..........21......47
10Puerperal Fever (Metria)..• •..• •......1......••....• •1