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 III. (Continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under 5years. | 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. | |||
VII.—Violence (continued). | |||||||||||||
Cut,Stab | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bum, Scald | 1 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 16 |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Drowning | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 |
Suffocation | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 40 |
Otherwise | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
2. Homicide. Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Murder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3. Suicide. | |||||||||||||
Gunshot Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cut,Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes. | |||||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 97 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 111 | 136 |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abscess | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Hœmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Causes not Specified or III-defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |