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Bethnal Green 1880

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

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.

TABLE III. (continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
0 to 11 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
CLASS II. (continued). Order 2.—Tubercular
1Scrofula..462141..............1218
2Tabes Mesenterica6372161..................7071
3Phthisis..63511508587462541....14323
4HydrocephalusAcute228231791....1..........7081
Chronic1772....................1717
CLASS III.—Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System.
1Cephalitis......2....1..111......26
2Apoplexy............135111371....41
3Paralysis........1..1271422........55
4Insanity............310672........28
5Chorea..........1..................1
6Epilepsy....21.. 242126........320
7Convulsions5391752..1..............113116
8Brain Disease, &c143106123..4531..1845
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation
1Pericarditis..............1..........1
2Aneurism1i..
3Heart Disease, &c.....21671117.. 2329..8....3128
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs
1Laryngitis..221..1................56
LBronchitis2856541755917347058263..155382
3.Pleurisy........1..........1........2
4:Pneumonia213942211147887ft32..123178
5Asthma................642......12
6Lung Disease, &c2..11..16142........418
Order 4.—Digestive Organs..
IGastritis..............1..............1
2Enteritis28211......1....1....1316

NOTES.
1. 553.—Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough
Fever, and Diarrhoea.
2. 598.—Includes—Pleurisy, 2; Bronchitis, 382; Pneumonia, 178; Asthma, 12; Lung
Disease, 18; Laryngitis, 6.
3. 412.—Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. 219.—Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, 163; want of Breast Milk, 10; and
Premature Birth, 46.
5. 232.—Includes Hydrocephalus, 17; Infantile Meningitis, 70 ; Convulsions, 113 ; and
Teething, 32.