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Bethnal Green 1882

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

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.

Table: Shewing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the 10 years1872 to 1881 and in the year 1882.

Shewing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the 10 years

1872 to 1881 and in the year 1882.

DISEASE.1872187318741875187618771878187918801881Annual Average of 10 years, 1872—1881.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs., 1872—1881.1882Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1882.
Small Pox269417131885575111866.822.482.5
Measles82431922556142591063418592.431.95818.7
Scarlet Fever4117103193809368761148286.729.013242.6
Diphtheria2655381412897.22.4113.5
Whooping Cough1181471011516189192147140102124.841.922974.0
Fever6344586842485156375952.616.03912.6
Diarrhœa1591431591241121048670169107123.341.49631.0
Total in Bethnal Green734441625567385572525474553662553.8184.1573184.9
Total in London1287411549113521351812696123801485712256136771381112897.0162.913553163.3