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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bethnal Green 1880

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

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Table: TABLE III. (continued).

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 IV.—Developmental Diseases. Other 1.–Diseases of Children
1. Premature Birth40........................• •4646
2 Cyanosis3..........................33
3. Spina Bifida12........................33
4. Other Malformations6l........................77
5. Teething11714......................3232
Order 2.–Adults
1. Paramenia....1....................• •11
2. Childbirth..........2971........• •• •19
Order 3.– old People
1. Old Age................64669191• •• •141
Order 4.– Nutrition
1. Atrophy and Debility95511162• •11121......163171
CLASS V.—Violent Deaths.
Order 1.–Accident or Negilence
1. Fractures and Contusions13163• •• •13• •11• •• •1120
2. Wounds Gunshot..........................• •• •• •
2.Wounds Cut, Stab11......1• •1............24
3.Burns and Scalds......3..................• •33
4.Poison........1........1......• •• •2
5. Drowning1..1..3......1• •• •• •• •• •26
6. Suffocations18231..........• •• •• •1• •• •4243
7. Otherwise1....I..................• •22
Order 3.– Homicide..............1............• •1
Order 4.—Suicide..............321......• •• •6
Causes Not specified or ill Defined1..........................11