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.
DEATHS REGISTERED AT SEVERAL GROUPS OF AGES FROM DIFFERENT CAUSES DURING THE YEAR 1879.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under
3 months.
AGES.
Total.
3mo.
to
1yr.
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.
CLASSES.
I. Zymotic Diseases
31
117
124
156
51
15
11
7
7
6
5
3
••
••
428
533
II. Constitutional Diseases
23
83
65
37
20
67
87
90
59
42
13
8
2
••
208
596
III. Local Diseases
106
197
133
102
50
32
52
99
137
211
187
74
5
1
538
1386
IV. Developmental Diseases
132
54
24
9
2
8
10
5
••
18
66
72
29
1
219
430
V. Violent Deaths
24
15
2
2
2
1
3
2
5
4
4
3
••
••
43
67
Not specified or ill defined
1
1
••
••
••
••
••
2
1
••
3
2
••
••
2
10
Totals
317
467
348
306
125
123
163
205
209
281
278
162
36
2
1438
3022
CLASS I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic [496]
31
117
124
156
51
15
11
7
7
6
5
3
••
••
428
533
1 Small Pox
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
2 Measles
I
19
40
36
10
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
96
106
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
1
6
9
40
17
2
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
56
76
4 Diphtheria
1
••
2
6
3
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
9
12
5 Quinsy
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
1
6 Croup
••
2
6
18
5
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
26
31
7 Wooping Cough
7
44
47
45
4
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
143
147
8
Typhus Fever
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
Enteric or Typhoid F.
••
I
3
2
9
9
6
1
1
1
••
••
••
••
6
33
Simple continued F.
1
3
1
3
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
8
9
9 Erysipelas
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
1
2
10 Puerperal Fever (see Childbirth)
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••