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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
The deaths from this group of diseases, exclusive of Phthisis
were 800, more than twenty-seven per cent. of the total mortality,
and corresponded to a rate of six per thousand population. This
mortality, which is very high, is almost identical with that of last
year, and is considerably above that of previous years. Table H
separates this mortality into quarters, and shews the age-distribution,
and also the mean temperature and rainfall, for each period of
three months.
TABLE 11.
| Quarter ending. | Children under 5 years. | Persons from 5 to 55. | Persons above 55. | Total. | Mean Temperature Fahrenheit | Rainfall in inches. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 94 | 58 | 93 | 245 | 37°3 | 3.03 |
| June | 81 | 33 | 40 | 154 | 51°.6 | 4.70 |
| September | 57 | 21 | 31 | 109 | 61°.0 | 5.85 |
| December | 168 | 56 | 68 | 292 | 41°.3 | 6.28 |
| Total, 1887 | 400 | 168 | 232 | 800 | 47°.8 Mean Temperature for year 1887 | 19.86 |
| Total, 1886 | 398 | 164 | 226 | 788 | 48°.7 Mean Temperature for year 1886 | 24.19 |
CHILDBIRTH.
Twenty-five women died, either in childbed, or from some of the
diseases or accidents incidental to parturition; six had Puerperal
or Septic Fever, their ages were respectively, 33,18, 39, 27, & 22;
five had Peritonitis, whose ages were respectively, 28, 22, 38, 31,
& 28 ; four had Hœmorrhage, whose ages were respectively, 21, 35,
24, & 21, (one of these had Placenta Prœvia, and three Post Partum
Hœmorrhage); four died from exhaustion after prolonged labour;
two from congestion of the lungs; and one from Coma.