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Bethnal Green 1889

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

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TABLE III. (Continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.Total.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.
IV.—Constitutional Diseases. Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart..1312....1......18
Rheumatism..1..1......11....14
Gout..............1........1
Rickets37..................1010
Cancer, Malignant Disease........491524912..54
Tabes Mesenterica401211..............5254
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus1115311............2631
Phthisis195375657412231..10233
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula13941..1..........2228
Purpura, Hœmorrhagic Diathesis..3..11........1..36
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythœmia..............2........2
Diabetes......1....1..........2
Other Constitutional Diseases..........................
V.—Developmental Diseases. Premature Birth62....................6262
Atelectasis7....................77
Congenital Malformations9....................99
Old Age..............1345331..119
VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes302465..1..1......5467
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis1..14361330452731133
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane......11324........11
Epilepsy112121..2..1..211
Convulsions86261....1..........112114
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)22..................44
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans....1....142..2....10
Other Diseases of Nervous System12..................33