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 V.
DISEASE. | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | Annual Average of 10 years, 1877, 1886. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs. 1877, 1886. | 1887 | Proportionof Deaths to] 1000 Deaths in 1887. |
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Small Pox | 88 | 55 | 7 | 51 | 118 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 22 | 0 | 44.8 | 15.05 | 1 | 0.34 |
Measles | 142 | 59 | 106 | 34 | 185 | 58 | 128 | 37 | 163 | 108 | 102.0 | 34.16 | 73 | 25.03 |
Scarlet Fever | 93 | 68 | 76 | 114 | 82 | 138 | 174 | 100 | 62 | 35 | 94.2 | 31.48 | 61 | 20.91 |
Diphtheria | 8 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 12.9 | 4.32 | 26 | 8.91 |
Whooping Cough | 89 | 192 | 147 | 140 | 102 | 229 | 42 | 142 | 92 | 148 | 131.3 | 43.97 | 101 | 34.62 |
Fever | 48 | 51 | 56 | 37 | 59 | 34 | 32 | 49 | 21 | 29 | 41.6 | 13.93 | 31 | 10.63 |
Diarrhœa | 104 | 86 | 70 | 169 | 107 | 96 | 87 | 137 | 84 | 166 | 110.6 | 36.84 | 123 | 42.17 |
Total in Bethnal Green | 572 | 525 | 474 | 553 | 662 | 573 | 477 | 578 | 463 | 507 | 537.4 | 179.75 | 416 | 142.62 |
Total in London | 12,392 | 14,734 | 12,256 | 13,68 | 13,811 | 13,653 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 13,074 | 11,121 | 12,905 | 12,809 |