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.
DEATHS IN EACH SUB–DISTRICT
SOUTH.
EAST.
NORTH.
TOTAL DEATHS.
0
to
1
1
to
5
6
to
15
16
to
25
25
to
65
65 and
upwds.
Total.
Under
5
5 and
upwds.
Under
5
5 and
upwds.
Under
5
5 and
upwds.
Under
5
5 and
upwds.
II Parasitic Diseases.
Thrush and other Vegitable Parasitic Diseases
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
..
..
1
..
2
..
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
III.—Dietetic Diseases.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
Scurvy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Chronic Alcoholism
..
..
..
..
4
..
4
..
2
..
..
..
2
..
4
Delirium Tremens
..
..
1
..
1
..
2
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
IV.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart
..
..
4
4
5
2
15
..
2
..
5
..
8
..
15
Rheumatism
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Gout
..
..
..
..
1
1
2
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
2
Rickets
1
2
1
..
..
..
4
1
..
2
1
..
..
3
1
Cancer, Malignant Disease
..
..
..
1
57
31
89
..
22
..
36
..
31
..
89
Tabes Mesenterica
23
16
..
..
..
..
39
12
..
12
..
15
..
39
..
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus
25
32
4
1
..
..
62
26
1
16
1
15
3
57
5
Phthisis
1
2
6
36
194
8
247
2
60
..
86
1
98
3
244
Other forms of Tuberculosis. Scrofula
2
8
7
3
4
..
24
5
4
1
3
3
8
10
14
Purpura. Hæmorrhagic Diathesis
1
..
..
..
1
1
3
..
..
..
1
1
1
1
2
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Diabetes
..
..
1
1
2
2
6
..
1
..
2
..
3
..
6
Other Constitutional Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
V.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth
64
..
..
..
..
..
64
18
..
21
..
25
..
64
..
Atelectasts
6
..
..
..
..
..
6
4
..
..
..
2
..
6
..
Congenital Malformations
16
1
..
..
..
..
17
2
..
4
..
11
..
17
..
Old Age
..
...
..
..
1
86
87
..
19
..
43
..
25
..
87