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 IV.— Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
Order 1.- Diseases of Children [73] | 166 | 46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 69 | 18 | .. | 234 | 407 | |
1 Premature Birth | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | 48 | |
2 Cyanosis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | |
3 Spina Bifida | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
4 Other Malformations | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | |
5 Teething | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | |
1 Paramenia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2 Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
1 Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 51 | 68 | 18 | .. | .. | 144 | |
1 Atrophy and Debility | 109 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 162 | 178 | |
CLASS V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .. | 47 | 90 | ||
1 Fractions and Contusions | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 18 | |
2 Wounds | Gunshot | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
3 Burns and Scalds | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
4 Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
5 Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
6 Suffocation | 23 | 16 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 41 | 50 | |
7 Otherwise | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
CLASS VI. | |||||||||||||||||
Causes not specified or ill defined [12] | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 12 |