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Bethnal Green 1879

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

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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 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years.
CLASSES.
I. Zymotic Diseases3111712415651151177653....428533
II. Constitutional Diseases238365372067879059421382..208596
III. Local Diseases1061971331025032529913721118774515381386
IV. Developmental Diseases1325424928105..186672291219430
V. Violent Deaths24152221325443....4367
Not specified or ill defined11..........21..32....210
Totals31746734830612512316320520928127816236214383022
CLASS I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic [496]3111712415651151177653....428533
1 Small Pox............1................1
2 MeaslesI19403610..................96106
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)169401721..............5676
4 Diphtheria1..263..................912
5 Quinsy..1........................11
6 Croup..26185..................2631
7 Wooping Cough74447454..................143147
8Typhus Fever..........1..................1
Enteric or Typhoid F...I32996111........633
Simple continued F.13131..................89
9 Erysipelas......1............1......12
10 Puerperal Fever (see Childbirth)................................