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Bethnal Green 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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477 registered deaths, raising the numbers to 525, and
giving a Zymotic death rate of 3.9 per thousand against
4.4 last year; the Zymotic death rate for London being
4.1.
The following table is compiled from the weekly returns of the Small Pox and Fever hospitals, and shews the numbers from this Parish for the year 1878.
TABLE E.
| Disease. | Number of Patients remaining in Hospital according to last Return. | Number of Patients in Hospital. | Admitted. | Died. | Discharged. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 11 | 0 | 188 | 33 | 166 |
| Fever | 6 | 8 | 73 | 15 | 56 |
Now, one of the most satisfactory features in the
present report is the favourable rate of mortality from
the diseases in this group (which are all of the class
known as preventible)and this, notwithstanding the fact
that for a considerable portion of the year we were
still in the midst of an epidemic of Small Pox. The
decennial average of Zymotic diseases for the ten years
1868 to 1877 would be 610.4, so that this year we
number one-sixth less than the average.
The deaths in Bethnal Green were equal to 172 in
every thousand from all causes, while those for London
were 176 per thousand, a fairly satisfactory condition
of things so far as we are concerned.