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Bethnal Green 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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DEATHS OF OLD PEOPLE,
(Over 60 Years).
The number of old people, on the above method of computation, would
be 7280, and as 512 deaths were registered amongst persons over sixty
years of age, we show a death rate of 70.3 per thousand old people. The
corresponding rate for all London was 74.6.
SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH.
(Vide Table III.)
Class I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total deaths referred to this class of disorders were 615, of which
498 were those of children under five years of age. Amongst these, 218
—or nearly half—occurred in that most fatal period, the first year of life.
No less than 100 of these deaths were from Diarrhoea, and 52 from
Whooping Cough.
THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths registered from diseases grouped under this head were 515,
against 455 last year, an increase of 60. The subjoined Table shows the
mortality for this year contrasted with last.
TABLE A.
| DIVISIONS. | COLLECTORS. | Inhabited houses. | Workshops separate from houses. | Saw mills and timber yards. | Schools. | REMARKS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Ward | W. I. Shenton | 4976 | 32 | 13 | 13 | A Brickfield in the District. |
| West Ward (North Division) | H. Liebrecht | 2600 | 78 | 10 | 7 | |
| West Ward (South Division) | W. N. Eagles | 1664 | 10 | 9 | 5 | Three Railway Arches. |
| North Ward | E. S. Smith | 3020 | 18 | 21 | 5 | |
| South Ward | H. J. Bliss | 5461 | 174 | 3 | 9 | |
| Total, 1880 | 17721 | 312 | 56 | 39 | ||
| Total, 1879 | 17475 | 123 | 71 | 46 |
From the returns of the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals, however, We
find that 202 cases of Small Pox and 63 cases of Fever have been removed
from the parish. Thirty-one of those suffering from Small Pox, and 7