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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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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE IV.

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 4.545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards
VI.—Local Diseases fcontinued).
2. Organs of Special Sense..........................
3. Circulatory System.
Pericarditis....2..13....1......7
Acute Endocarditis..........................
valvular diseases of Heart........36142......16
Other Diseases of Heart....1758129231210....96
Aneurism........1111..1....5
Embolism, Thrombosis..........................
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels........1..11......3
Respiratory System.
Laryngitis11142......2......1220
Croup3453................4851
Emphysema, Asthma..2........243....211
Bronchitis102110116625285862283212439
Pneumonia4649138511118144195170
Pleurisy..1......3122....19
Other Diseases of Respiratory System....2..2326......116
5. Digestive System.
Dentition2014..................3434
Sore Throat, Quinsy1..1..1............13
Diseases of Stomach1......1..111....15
Enteritis7222..112......917
Obstructive Diseases of Intestine41....1..111....59
Peritonitis1....33......1....111
Ascites..........................
Cirrhosis of Liver..........1432......10
Jaundice and other Diseases of Liver3121664....323
Other Diseases of Digestive system41......12........58

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NOTES.
1.—Includes: Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, "Whooping Cough, Fever,
and Diarrhoea.
2.—Includes: Pleurisy, 9; Bronchitis, 439; Pneumonia, 170; Asthma, 11; Lung
Disease, 16; Laryngitis, 20.
3.—Includes: Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. —Includes: Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, 180; Want of Breast Milk, 8; Premature
Birth, 58.
5.—Includes: Hydrocephalus, 17; Infantile Meningitis, 8; Convulsions, 96; Teething,
20 ; and Laryngismus Stridulus, 2.