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Bethnal Green 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.

TABLE V.

Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the ten years, 1877 to 1886, and in the year 1887.

DISEASE.1877187818791880188118821883188418851886Annual Average of 10 years, 1877, 1886.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs. 1877, 1886.1887Proportionof Deaths to] 1000 Deaths in 1887.
Small Pox8855751118719922044.815.0510.34
Measles14259106341855812837163108102.034.167325.03
Scarlet Fever93687611482138174100623594.231.486120.91
Diphtheria8814129111314192112.94.32268.91
Whooping Cough891921471401022294214292148131.343.9710134.62
Fever4851563759343249212941.613.933110.63
Diarrhœa1048670169107968713784166110.636.8412342.17
Total in Bethnal Green572525474553662573477578463507537.4179.75416142.62
Total in London12,39214,73412,25613,6813,81113,65310,80113,62913,07411,12112,90512,809