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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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE III.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 3 months. | AGES. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3mo. to I 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 95 to andup-95 wards | Total under 5 years | |||||
I. Zymotic Diseases | 33 | 123 | 156 | 128 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | • • | .. | 440 | 557 | |
II. Constitutional Diseases | 13 | 68 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 78 | 85 | 105 | 80 | 51 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .. | 166 | 606 | |
III. Local Diseases | 126 | 181 | 146 | 99 | 44 | 29 | 57 | 87 | 117 | 158 | 151 | 75 | 9 | .. | 552 | 1279 | |
IV. Developmental Diseases | 166 | 46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 69 | 18 | .. | 234 | 407 | |
V. Violent Deaths | 27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .. | 47 | 90 | |
Not specified or ill defined | 3 | 1 | • • | .. | 2 | .. | • • | .. | 1 | 3 | • • | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 12 | |
Totals | 368 | 436 | 380 | 259 | 121 | 133 | 169 | 208 | 213 | 240 | 236 | 158 | 30 | .. | 1443 | 2951 | |
CLASS I.— Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
33 | 123 | 156 | 128 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 440 | 557 | ||
1 | Small Pox | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 22 |
2 | Measles | .. | 13 | 24 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 | 59 |
3 | Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | .. | 3 | 13 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 68 |
4 | Diphtheria | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 14 |
5 | Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
6 | Croup | .. | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 21 | |
7 | Whooping Cough | 9 | 55 | 78 | 43 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 185 | 192 |
8 | Tvphus Fever | .. | .. | ?, | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | |
Enteric or Typhoid F | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 26 | |
Simple continued F | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
9 | Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 |
10 | Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | • • | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | • • | 1 |