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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Class I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths referred to this class of diseases was
600, of which 487 were those of young children under five years of age.
Amongst these 189 occurred during the first year of life. Sixty-five
of these deaths were from Diarrhoea, and 79 from Whooping Cough.
THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths registered from diseases grouped under the heads of
Miasmatic diseases and Diarrhœal diseases were 555, against 678 last
year, a decrease of 123.
The subjoined table shews the mortality for this year contrasted
with last.
TABLE B.
| 1881. | 1882. | |
|---|---|---|
From the returns of the Asylums Board we find that 43 cases of
Small Pox and 135 cases of Fever have been removed from the parish,
and that five of those suffering from Small Pox and 13 of the
Fever patients died in Hospital. These 18 must therefore be added
to the 555 Zymotic deaths, raising the total to 573, and giving a
Zymotic death rate of 4.4 against 5,2 last year. The corresponding
rate for London was 3.49.
TABLE C.
| London. | Bethnal Grn. | |
|---|---|---|