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 VL
Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the Year ending
December 31 st, 1888.
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| Cause of Death | Ages | Total under 5 yeads. | 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. | |||
| Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Burn, Scald | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 10 |
| Poision | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Suffocation | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 40 | 43 |
| Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2. Homicide. | |||||||||||||
| Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Murder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 3. Suicide. | |||||||||||||
| Gunshot Wounds | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Gut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Poision | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Otherwises | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| VIII.—ILL-defined Causes. | |||||||||||||
| Dropsy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | |
| Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 147 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 166 | 173 |
| Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Abscess | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Hæmorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Causes not Specified or 111-defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 |