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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TABLE IV.
Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000, deaths, 1889.
DIVISION I. (All ages). | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Population (all ages). | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages). |
---|---|---|---|
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases .. | 452 | 3.45 | 166.90 |
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis) | 625 | 4.77 | 230.80 |
3. Tubercular Diseases | 325 | 2.48 | 120.0 |
DIVISION II. (Infants). | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 Births. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (of infants). |
4. Wasting Diseases | 163 | 33.00 | 227.0 |
5. Convulsive Diseases | 137 | 27.74 | 190.8 |