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.
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |