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 | 5 to 15 | 15 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. | |
| Zymotic Diseases(continued). | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 21 | 104 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 47 | .. | 27 | 4 | 51 | 2 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 32 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 79 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 27 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 45 | 2 | |||
| Diphtheria | 11 | 86 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .. | 32 | 6 | 40 | 8 | 25 | 8 | |||
| Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 3 | .. | 3 | 10 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Influenza | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 18 | |||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2. Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Choleraic Diarrhœa | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 42 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 2 | |||
| Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 4. Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Cowpox and Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 5. Venereal Diseases. Syphilis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| Gonorrhœa, Stricture | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 6. Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Pyæmia, Septicœmia | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | ||