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Bethnal Green 1879

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

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.

Table: TABLE V.Shewing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the 10 years,1869 to 1878, and in the year 1879.

TABLE V.

Shewing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the 10 years,

1869 to 1878, and in the year 1879.

DISEASE.1869187018711872187318741875187618771878Annual Average of 10 years, 1869—1878.Proportion of Deaths to iooo Deaths in ro yrs., 1869—1878.1879Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1879.
Small Pox242252269417131885577.025.672.2
Measles1207638824319225561425983.327.710634.5
Scarlet Fever974521074117103193809368125.141.67624.7
Diphtheria11162265538147.22.3123.9
Whooping Cough .10217266118147101I516189192119.939.814747.8
Fever9693776344586842485164.021.25618.2
Diarrhœa15814816415914315912411210486135.745.17022.8
Total in Bethnal Green608959706734441625567385572525612.2203.3474154.4
Total in London174311647619455126691138511230134111256512292147341417518112256143