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 upwds. | |||
Diphtheria | 1 | 23 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | .. |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric or Typhoid Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Diarrœa, Dysentery | |||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 83 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 107 | 117 |
3. Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4. Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | |||||||
Gonorrhœa Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
6. Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 |
Pyœmia septicœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
II. -Parasitic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
III. -Dietic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, starvation | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | , , | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Deliriu,m Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |