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. (Continued.)
| 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.—Zymotic Diseases (continued). | ||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 19 | |
| Simple Continued Fever | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
| Enteric, or Typhoid Fever | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 15 | |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Diarrhœal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 57 | 14 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 71 | 82 | |
| 3. Malarial Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4. Zoogenous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 5. Venereal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Syphillis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | |
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 6. Septic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 11 | |
| Pyaemia, Septicœmia | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| III.—Dietic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 9 | |
| Scurvy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | |
| Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |