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 III.—(Continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under 5 years. | 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. | |||
Zymotic diseases (continued). | |||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 11 | 86 | 34 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | 133 |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 28 |
Influenza | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 23 |
2.Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Simple Cholera | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Diarrhœa, Dysenterv | 60 | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 84 | 92 |
3.Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4.Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5.Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 12 |
Gonorrhœa, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
6.Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 14 |
Pyæmia, Septicœmia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 14 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
II.— Parasitic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III.—Dietetic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |