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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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In the following cases the fatal termination of the disease was in the opinion of either the Coroner's jury or of the medical attendant, accelerated by intemperate habits:—
| Sex. | Age. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 45 | Sudden failure of heart. |
| Male | 67 | Pneumonia. |
| Female | 65 | Chronic Dyspepsia. |
| Female | 48 | Chronic Bronchitis and Heart Disease. |
| Male | 42 | Failure of heart. |
| Female | 34 | Failure of heart. |
| Male | 75 | Apoplexy. |
| Female | 75 | Effusion on brain. |
| Female | 49 | Failure of heart and fall in street whilst drunk. |
| Male | 52 | Pneumonia. |
| Female | 53 | Phthisis. |
| Male | 66 | Congestion of brain. |
| Male | 32 | Delirium Tremens. |
| Male | 36 | Delirium Tremens. |
CHILDBIRTH.
Eighteen women died either in childbed or from some disease
resulting from the act of parturition. Six of these were cases of
Puerperal Fever and four of Hœmorrhage; Peritonitis and
Convulsions caused two each ; shock in one case and Pelvic
Cellulitis in another, both after the performance of the operation
of craniotomy on account of contracted pelvis, caused death; the
remainder were certified simply as childbirth.
WASTING DISEASES OF INFANTS.
This group, which includes atrophy and debility, want of breast
milk, and premature birth, caused 188 deaths, a proportion of
twenty-five per cent. of the total infantile mortality, giving a rate
of 36.4 per thousand births.