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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Bethnal Green Sanitary District.
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 | |||
VII.—Violence (continued). | |||||||||||||
Cut, Stah | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Burn, Scald | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 9 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Drowning | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Suffocation | 36 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 38 | 41 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
2. Homicide. | |||||||||||||
Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Murder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3 Suicide. | |||||||||||||
Gunshot Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes. | |||||||||||||
Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 |
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 120 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 143 | 143 |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abscess | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Hæmorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 19 |