Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE III.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGE. | Total under 5 years. | Total. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 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 and upwards | ||||
I. Specific Febrile, ok Zymotic Diseases | 145 | 265 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 410 | 497 | |
II.-Parasitic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
III. Dietic Diseases | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | • • | 6 | 23 | |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 74 | 75 | 26 | 50 | 84 | 84 | 62 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 149 | 523 | |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 82 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 59 | 24 | 82 | 191 | |
VI.-Local Disseases | 274 | 290 | 54 | 46 | 53 | 104 | 118 | 125 | 178 | 88 | 8 | 364 | 1338 | |
VII.-Deaths from Violence | 41 | 10 | 11 | .. | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | .. | 51 | 94 | |
VIII.—Deaths from Ill-defined & not Specified causes | 126 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | .. | 149 | 182 | |
Total | 750 | 663 | 129 | 115 | 155 | 207 | 206 | 187 | 238 | 167 | 33 | 1213 | 2850 | |
I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
1. Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Unvaccinated | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | |
No Statement | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | |
Measles | 35 | 123 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 158 | 163 | |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 39 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 62 | |
Typhus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 65 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 90 | 92 |