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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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TABLE III. (continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH.
AGES.
Total
under
5 years.
Total.
0
to
5
1
to
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85 aud
upwards
VII —Violence (continued).
Cut, Stab
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Burn, Scald
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
4
5
Poison
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Drwoning
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Suffocation
35
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
36
37
Otherwise
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2. Homicide.
Manslaughter
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Murder
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3. Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cut, Stab
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
1
..
..
..
3
Poison
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
3
Drowning
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Hanging
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
4
Otherwise
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes.
Dropsy
1
3
1
..
..
1
1
1
2
..
..
4
10
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition
180
24
11
..
..
1
1
1
1
1
..
204
220
Mortification
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
5
..
1
7
Tumour
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Abscess
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Haemorrhage
1
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
3
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined
3
..
1
2
1
2
1
5
..
..
1
3
16

Table: TABLE III. (continued).

TABLE III. (continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.Total.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to o555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards
TV.-ConstitutionalDiseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart....1....2............3
Rheumatism............1221....6
Gout............11........2
Rickets..1..................11
Cancer, Malignant Disease........191512113..51
Tabes Mesenterica35353................7073
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus17241........1......4143
Phthisis7914549275482110....16330
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula4911..32........1320
Purpura, Hæorrhagic Diathesis....2....1............3
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia....1..................1
Diabetes..........................
Other Constitutional Diseases..........................
V.—DevelopmentalDiseases.
Premature Birth58....................5858
A telectasis5....................55
Congenital Malformations13l1..............1415
Old age..............4496322..138
VI.—LocalDiseases.
1. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes832111221........4057
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis..1..13611264022..1110
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane1......48722....124
Epilepsy..2122432......216
Convulsions96382................134137
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)21..................33
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans..1........111....14
Other Diseases of Nervous System....1..21..1........5