London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
40
BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE IV.
Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population,
and to 1000 deaths, 1891.
DIVISION I.
(All ages).
Total Deaths.
Deaths
per 1000
of Population
(all ages).
Proportion of
Deaths by
1000 Deaths.
(all ages).
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases
422
3.26
128.60
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than
Phthisis)
848
6.56
258.41
3. Tubercular Diseases
400
309
121.89
DIVISION II.
(Infants).
Total
Deaths.
Deaths
per 1000
Births.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1000 Deaths
(of infants).
4. Wasting Diseases
221
44.22
267.21
5. Convulsive Diseases
178
35.61
215.50
NOTES.
1. Includes: Small Pox, 0; Measles, 100; Scarlet Fever, 29; Diphtheria, 69;
Whooping Cough, 128 ; Fever, 19; and Diarrhoea, 77.
2. Includes : Pleurisy, 9; Bronchitis, 575; Pneumonia, 234; Asthma, 3; Lung
Disease, 3; Laryngitis, 4; Simple Croup, 20;
3. Includes: Phthisis, 276; Scrofula, 32; Rickets, 7; Tabes, 38; and Tubercular
Meningitis, 47.
4. Includes : Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, 148; Want of Breast Milk, 1;
Premature Birth, 72.
5. Includes: Hydrocephalus, 15; Infantile Meningitis, 15; Convulsions, 133;
Teething, 12; and Laryngismus Stridulus, 3,