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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TABLE III. (continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 3 months. | AGES. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3mo. 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 II. (continued). | |||||||||||||||||
1 Scrofula | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 16 | |
2 Tabes Mesenterica | 8 | 43 | 28 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 85 | 89 | |
3 Phthisis | .. | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 82 | 95 | 56 | 31 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 372 | |
4 Hydrocephalus | Acute | .. | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 26 |
Chronic | .. | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 26 | |
CLASS III.— Local Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
126 | 181 | 146 | 99 | 44 | 29 | 57 | 87 | 117 | 158 | 151 | 75 | 9 | .. | 552 | 1279 | ||
1 Cephalitis | 1 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 57 | |
2 Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 67 | |
3 Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
4 Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 35 | |
5 Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6 Epilepsy | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 16 | |
7 Convulsions | 68 | 41 | 29 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 155 | 155 | |
8 Brain Disease, &c. | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 10 | 37 | |
1 Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
2 Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
3 Heart Disease, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 10 | .. | .. | 6 | 146 | |
1 Laryngitis | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | |
2 Bronchitis | 20 | 54 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 50 | 63 | 28 | 4 | .. | 139 | 347 | |
3 Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
4 Pneumonia | 31 | 53 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .. | 151 | 214 | |
5 Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
6 Lung Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | |
1 Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
2 Enteritis | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 18 |