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Bethnal Green 1885

[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 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards
IV.— Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart....3112..3........10
Rheumatism..........................
Gout..........1..1..1....3
Rickets..........................
Cancer, Malignant Disease....2..2141819961..71
Tabes Mesenterica33212......1........5457
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephlus27284..1............5560
Phthisis31211497963411941..15282
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula11134..13211....2436
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis......................11
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Lucocythœmia................1......1
Diabetes..........1..1........2
Other Constitutional Diseases..........................
V.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth63....................6363
Atelectasis7....................77
Congenital Malformations12..1....1..........1214
Old Age............24185924..107
VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes192963111..2....4862
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis..1413101423412211120
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane........1..171......10
Epilepsy..1..12......2....16
Convulsions86271................113114
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)221................45
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans..11....4123....112
Other Diseases of Nervous System1......1..........12