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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 IV.Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportion to Population, and to1000Deaths, 1879.

TABLE IV.

Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportion to Population, and to1000Deaths, 1879.

DIVISION I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population (all ages).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages).
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases4743.51544
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis)7565.6246.3
3. Tubercular Diseases4263.1138.8
DIVISION II. (Young Children).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population (under 5 years).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (under 5 years).
4. Wasting Diseases1929.5133
5. Convulsive Diseases24412.1169