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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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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.
VII.—Violence (continued).
Cut, Stab
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Burn, Scald
1
7
2
..
..
..
1
2
..
1
..
8
14
Poison
..
1
..
..
1
1
1
1
..
..
..
1
5
Drowning
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
4
Suffocation
40
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
41
42
Otherwise
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2. Homicide.
Manslaughter
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Murder
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3. Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
Cut, Stab
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
1
2
..
..
..
5
Poison
..
..
..
..
1
2
2
2
1
..
..
..
8
Drowning
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Hanging
..
..
..
1
1
3
..
2
..
1
..
..
8
Otherwise
..
..
..
••
..
..
••
..
••
..
••
..
..
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes.
Dropsy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition
148
30
..
..
1
..
..
..
2
..
..
1 78
181
Mortification
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
3
1
1
9
Tumor
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Abscess
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Haemorrhage
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
• •
..
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined
1
1
1
1
2
2
6
6
4
3
4
2
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